Article 4BHRK Mount Everest: melting glaciers exposing bodies of climbers

Mount Everest: melting glaciers exposing bodies of climbers

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Sandra Laville
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Bodies previously entombed in ice have been made accessible due to global warming

Melting glaciers on Mount Everest are exposing the dead bodies of climbers previously entombed in ice, as global warming causes temperatures to rise.

Almost 300 climbers have been killed attempting to climb the mountain since the first attempt to scale it in 1922.

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