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A bomb shell emerges from the ice

With the melting of the glaciers in the area of the Grand Montets, above Chamonix, paragliders sometimes make funny discoveries seen from the sky. Thus the carcass of a plane in the "Pas de Chevre" a while back. Or the bomb shell found last Thursday on the edge of the Bochard at nearly 2800m of altitude. It seems that the rocket on which is inscribed a date of manufacture dating back to 1930 is a remnant of the Second World War. The cable operators have notified nearby prefecture. The bomb squad is expected soon. in "Le Dauphine"

Ski patrol now equipped with the Recco 9 - Chamonix news
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