Soldier found alive buried 25 feet under snow on Siachen glacier

1,526 views · Published 9 February 2016 · 2:19 · Indexed 20 September 2026

Channel: News 24 · 2016 · News & Politics

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For six days, army soldier Hanamanthappa Koppad was buried under 25 feet of ice at the Siachen Glacier, in temperatures close to minus 40 degrees.

Late last night, a rescue team that had been chipping away at ice for days, found him in an "arctic tent" and was astonished to feel a faint pulse. He was put on a rescue chopper that took off from the highest helipad on earth, on the Saltoro ridge of Siachen.
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