Body found on the Mont Blanc du Tacul Glacier

An unidentified body was found on Saturday afternoon on the glacier of Mont Blanc du Tacul, in Chamonix Mont Blanc. Lieutenant Emmanuel Vegas of the Chamonix PGHM rescue stated: "We found a lifeless body on the Glacier du Tacul on Saturday late afternoon. The person has not yet been identified." DNA analysis will be conducted and results will be known in a week to 10 days, he said. The body, discovered during a separate helicopter rescue flight, was mummified and therefore not from a recent accident. "Since 1950, 140 people have gone missing in the Mont-Blanc massif," recalled Lt. Vegas.