(유럽) 45년 만에 발견된 일본 산악인 등산화

출처: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-33802458

6 August 2015

Remains on Matterhorn are Japanese climbers gone since 1970 45년만에 발견된 일본 산악인 등산화

Police displayed a mountain shoe found next to the remains of the two Japanese climbers 경찰당국이 두 일본 산악인의 시체 옆에서 발견된 등산화를 보여주고 있다

Remains found at the foot of Switzerland's Matterhorn glacier have been identified as two Japanese climbers who disappeared 45 years ago. 이번에 스위스 매터혼 빙하의 발치에서 발견된 시신들은 45년전 실종된 두 일본 산악인으로 밝혀졌다.

DNA tests showed the bones belonged to the men, who went missing on the mountain in August 1970, police say. 유전자검사 결과 뼈들은 1970년 8월 산에서 실종되었던 산악인들임을 보여준다고, 경찰측은 말한다.

The remains were discovered at an altitude of about 2,800m (9,200ft) in the Alps last September. 시신들은 지난 9월 알프스의 해발 2,800미터에서 발견되었다.

They are the latest to be found on the 4,478-metre (14,692-foot) Matterhorn as ice melts. 이 시신들은 얼음이 녹기 시작하면서 4,478미터 높이의 매터혼에서 최근에 발견되었다. 

The Japanese consulate in Geneva identified the climbers as Michio Oikawa and Masayuki Kobayashi, AFP news agency reports. They were 22 and 21 respectively when they went missing. 제네바의 일본 영사관은 이 시신이 미치오 오이카와라는 사람과 마사요키 코바야시라는 사람이라고 밝혔다고, 에이에프피 통신은 전한다. 이들이 실종되었을 당시, 22살 그리고 21살이었다.

The Matterhorn's pyramidal shape makes it one of the world's most recognisable mountains

The consulate assisted police to track down family members to help compare their DNA profiles.

As Alpine glaciers melt because of global warming, the remains of long-lost climbers have increasingly been emerging from the shrinking mountain ice.

A mountain rescue pilot discovered remains and climbing equipment belonging to British climber Jonathan Conville, missing since 1979, in 2013 near the peak of the Matterhorn.

Last year the body of a Czech climber who disappeared 40 years ago following an accident was found on in the Bernese Alps.