Article 2YC7D Melting glaciers in Swiss Alps could reveal hundreds of mummified corpses

Melting glaciers in Swiss Alps could reveal hundreds of mummified corpses

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Philip Oltermann and Kate Connolly
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Frozen bodies of couple who vanished 75 years ago among those uncovered recently as global warming forces ice to retreat

Swiss police say hundreds of bodies of mountaineers who have gone missing in the Alps in the past century could emerge in coming years as global warming forces the country's glaciers to retreat.

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