Scientist killed after being swept into ice shaft on glacier: 'The water then pushed him' | NYGazet

An Italian scientist fell into a stream of meltwater at the Mendenhall Glacier in Alaska, then plunged into a shaft in the ice.

An Italian scientist conducting research on the Mendenhall Glacier in Alaska fell into a stream of meltwater and then plunged into a shaft in the ice. "The water then pushed him into a moulin, which is a vertical shaft in a glacier where meltwater fu... [2861 chars]