The bodies of three boaters from Europe who died in an Alaska lake were surround...
ANCHORAGE - The bodies of three boaters from Europe who died in an Alaska lake were surrounded by frozen debris, a sign that the victims were killed by ice that fell from the melting glacier that feeds the lake, officials in the city of Valdez said on Thursday.
The victims were identified by the city as two Germans and an Austrian and were found dead on Tuesday morning in Valdez Glacier Lake, about 120 miles east of Anchorage. Those conditions, plus the location of the remains near the toe of Valdez Glacier, suggested that falling glacial ice killed the boaters, said Sheri Pierce, a spokeswoman for the city government.
One of the victims had severe head trauma, the city said earlier in the week. The case is being reviewed by the state medical examiner’s office to determine the cause of death, Pierce said, adding that there were no eyewitnesses to the incident.
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