Ambach E, Tributsch W, Henn R
Institute for Forensic Medicine, University of Innsbruck, Austria.
J Forensic Sci. 1991 Sep;36(5):1469-73.
The rare event of a corpse immersed in glacier ice becoming exposed on a glacier surface is closely connected with the glaciological conditions at the scene and the site of the accident. Provided that the time since death is known, certain questions relative to the circumstances of a mountain accident can only be answered by considering glaciological aspects. How the scene of an accident can be reconstructed by inference from the site of discovery is discussed by means of three exemplary cases that occurred on Tyrolean glaciers (Austria) during the past 40 years: (1) Two corpses were discovered close above the equilibrium line in the accumulation area after 25 years. The two victims had fallen down a rock face after the breaking off of a cornice and had come to rest in the uppermost part of the accumulation area. (2) A victim was discovered in the lower ablation area 8 years after falling down a crevasse in the middle part of the ablation area. (3) A female alpinist was discovered at the very end of the glacier after 29 years; it was concluded that the accident must have happened in the accumulation area.
一具尸体被冰川冰掩埋后又出现在冰川表面这一罕见事件，与事故现场和事发地点的冰川学条件密切相关。如果已知死亡时间，那么只有通过考虑冰川学方面的因素，才能回答某些与山地事故情况相关的问题。本文通过过去40年里发生在奥地利蒂罗尔州冰川上的三个典型案例，探讨了如何根据发现地点推断事故现场：（1）25年后，在积累区平衡线稍上的位置发现了两具尸体。两名遇难者在一处雪檐崩塌后从岩面上坠落，并停在了积累区的最上部。（2）一名受害者在消融区中部坠入一条裂缝8年后，在较低的消融区被发现。（3）一名女性登山者在29年后在冰川的最末端被发现；据推断，事故肯定发生在积累区。
