British climber's remains found in Swiss Alps, 52 years on

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Climbers' long-missing remains are being revealed as the Alps' glaciers melt and recede because of global warming. Read more at straitstimes.com.

GENEVA - The remains of a climber discovered in the Swiss Alps last year have been identified as a British mountaineer who went missing 52 years ago, local police said on Thursday.

The climber was reported missing in July 1971 but search teams at the time turned up nothing, said police in the canton of Valais, south-west Switzerland. It took a year to identify the person, as experts worked their way through the case files of missing climbers.

 

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