[ad_1] The decision by Chile’s National Forestry Corporation to permanently ban hikers from a popular glacier in Patagonia has incensed adventurers and local guides alike. What officials see as a question of safety — citing rapid, destabilizing melting — has...
[ad_1] Express News Service NEW DELHI: The death of two Agniveers has reignited the debate on the welfare measures for soldiers serving the Indian Army under the Agniveer scheme. Sources, however, said that the policy won’t be revisited. “The policy regarding the...
[ad_1] A mountain guide has found the remains high in the Austrian Alps of a man believed to have died in an accident on a glacier 22 years ago, police said Tuesday.The body was found on Friday on the Schlatenkees glacier in the Hohe Tauern national park in eastern...
[ad_1] Express News Service NEW DELHI: In an unfortunate incident, an Indian Army officer lost his life in a fire at the Siachen Glacier on Wednesday. Several others were injured in the incident. Sources confirmed that the incident occurred at around 0300 hrs in which...
[ad_1] By Associated Press LEH, India: The remains of an Indian army soldier have been found more than 38 years after he went missing on a glacier at the highest point along the heavily militarized contested border between India and Pakistan in Kashmir, officials said... 
