Police have tentatively identified the remains as belonging to an Austrian man who is believed to have died in 2001 when he was 37 years old.
in Austria that has seen unprecedented melting in recent years has given up the body of a man believed to have died while skiing over 20 years ago.
A mountain guide found the remains of the man on Friday high up in the Austrian Alps on the Schlatenkees glacier,The guide called police in Lienz who were able to retrieve the body with a helicopter. The glacier is located in the Hohe Tauern national park in eastern Tyrol province, near the Italian border. The body was found at an altitude of about 2,900 metres.
A few metres below the body, rescuers discovered a backpack containing cash, a bank card and a driving licence. The man also had ski touring equipment with him. It’s believed he died in an accident on the glacier.Police have tentatively identified the remains as belonging to an Austrian man who was 37 at the time. Authorities believe he died in 2001, meaning the man may have been encased in ice for 22 years.
DNA testing is being carried out to officially confirm the man’s identity, but those results are not expected for another few weeks, police said. This discovery comes on the heels of other human remains that were found on the same glacier less than two months ago, AFP reported.
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