Backpack Resurfaces In Glacier: 86-year-old reunites with 1963 climbing gear; melt reveals more past
A backpack lost by a climber in Austria's Sulztalferner glacier in 1963 has reappeared. Melting glacial ice revealed the 63-year-old belongings, including an ice axe and camera. Investigators identified the owner, Alfred Rothfischer, now 86 years old. His son formally received the recovered items at a police station. This incident highlights the increasing impact of global warming on glacial environments.
