After one century of mystery, remains of mountaineer went missing on Mount Everest found

A documentary team has uncovered human remains on Mount Everest, which are believed to belong to a man who disappeared while attempting to summit the mountain 100 years ago, according to a report by National Geographic.

The melting snow and ice in the Himalayas, accelerated by climate change, is increasingly revealing the bodies of climbers who died pursuing their goal of reaching the top of the world’s highest peak.

In 1924, Briton Andrew Irvine went missing along with his climbing partner George Mallory during their attempt to be the first to summit Everest, standing at 8,848 meters (29,029 feet).

While Mallory’s body was discovered in 1999, Irvine’s fate remained unclear until a National Geographic team found a boot containing part of a foot on the Central Rongbuk Glacier.

Earlier, in June, five frozen bodies, including skeletal remains, were recovered from Everest as part of Nepal’s clean-up efforts on the mountain and nearby peaks Lhotse and Nuptse.