Glacier safety: Expert tips following deadly week in Southeast

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) – In the past week, officials have responded to the deaths of two hikers from two separate incidents, near a glacier in Southeast Alaska.

On September 2, the body of Thomas Casey, a 69-year-old hiker from Arizona, was identified after being recovered from the Mendenhall Glacier.

Six days later, officials released the name of a second body recovered, Riccardo Pozzobon, a 40-year-old geoscientist from Italy…

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