A mountain guide discovered a body a few days ago in a glacier in Austria which, as the police announced today, probably belongs to a 37-year-old Austrian mountaineer who he had disappeared 22 years ago.

The ice melt record recorded by scientists in the Alps, as a result of global warming, brings to light more and more more often remains of people who had disappeared decades ago.

The body was found on August 18 on the Slatenkes Glacier in Tyrol, at an altitude of about 2,900 meters, local police said in a statement.

A rucksack containing a bank card and driver’s license was found nearby, leading investigators to believe it was the 37-year-old who had disappeared in 2001.

Analyzes will be performed from DNA samples to confirm the evidence. Results are expected “within a few weeks.”

By the end of June, other human remains had been found on the same glacier, which recorded a significant reduction (89.5 meters) in 2021/22, according to the annual report of the Austrian Alpine Club.

As the glaciers melt and shrink, the remains of other climbers lost decades ago have also been found in recent years. In neighboring Switzerland, the remains of a 38-year-old German mountaineer who disappeared in 1986 were found in July on the Teudul glacier.

In 2015, the remains of two Japanese men who were killed on the Matterhorn during a blizzard in 1970 were found.