Climbers have found the body of a hiker who has been missing for 37 years while exploring a Swiss glacier, the BBC reports.

A group of climbers discovered the remnants of a melted glacier in early July on the Teodul glacier in Zermatt, Switzerland. according to BBC. He reportedly noticed climbing boots and crampons protruding from the ice surface, and further DNA analysis revealed that the body belonged to a German mountaineer who went missing in 1986. . Previous expeditions to rescue the man have failed as investigators failed to find him. Traces of climbers.

The police report did not name the climber, but the newspaper said he was 38 when he went missing. (Related: Two climbers tragically die while trying to climb 3,560-foot mountain)

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The BBC reports that glaciers in the Alps are slowly retreating over the years, exposing the bodies of climbers who have disappeared over the past decades.

A helicopter pilot found the body of British mountaineer Jonathan Conville as he was unloading food at a shelter on Switzerland’s Matterhorn glacier, the BBC reports. Mr Cornville went missing in 1979, and his family later said he died in a “bittersweet” place when his body was recovered.

Two Japanese climbers who went missing in a 1970 blizzard were found on a glacier in 2015, according to the BBC.