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A mountain guide found on July 14 in the Swiss Alps the body of a climber, later identified as a 67-year-old Japanese citizen.
Although this is an unusual case, is an increasingly common finding in this area, says the Spanish newspaper El País. The melting of some of the most important glaciers in Switzerland has brought to light several bodies. It's an area where, since 1926, 280 people have disappeared without a trace, a spokesman for the canton of Valais police told the Spanish newspaper.
A little over a year ago, an employee of the company Glacier 3000 found, in perfect condition, the bodies of Marcelin and Francine Dumoulin, missing from this region in 1942. "We let's spend all our life looking for them, without ever stopping, "he told the newspaper" Le Matin ", Marceline Udry-Dumoulin, the youngest daughter of the couple
C & # 39; is in the glacier d & Aletsch, also in the canton of Valais, that in 2012 the bodies of Johann, Cletus and Fidelis Ebener,, when they left for an expedition in this area.Two climbers of British origin who have traveled the region during the summer have found human remains, boots and mountain equipment.
Since the records, in 1880, Swiss glaciers began to shrink.According to GLAMOS, a network formed by several Swiss universities and funded by the Ministry of Environment of this country, the Ts glacier Anfleuron has lost nearly two kilometers since 1984 and the Galterar Morteratsch 2804 meters since 1978. In 2017, only one glacier retained its size, while 80 fell in size. Several experts have warned against the harmful effects caused by global warming.
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