Remains found in melting Alps ice belonged to Brit hiker who disappeared 50 years ago

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disappeared in 1974.The hiker, who was 32 when he went missing, has not been named.His remains were uncovered in the Pennine Alps on September 5 last year, with British officials helping to determine his identity in recent months.READ MORE: Mia Khalifa says she had to 'watch out for serial killer snipers' on way to schoolA list of over 300 people who have gone missing in the Alps since 1925 is kept by Swiss authorities.A number of bodies have been discovered in recent years due to melting glaciers, including a couple who were discovered in 2017 having gone missing in 1942.Canton Police Valais said in a statement on Thursday (February 16): “The remains found at the scene suggested that it could be a man who had been reported missing from the Grand Combin area since December 31, 1974.“A DNA identification, in cooperation with the police in Great Britain, led to the confirmation of the identity of the missing person.“This is an English national who was 32 years old at the time of his disappearance.”Global warming has allowed macabre air searches for human remains to be carried out in the region, which led to the discovery of the man's body.“As part of the search for missing persons, the cantonal police are constantly looking for new possible leads,” a police spokesperson said.To get more stories from Daily Star delivered straight to your inbox sign up to one of our free newsletters here.“Due to the melting of the glacier, the agents of the cantonal police, in cooperation with the air force, went to the Corbassiere glacier.”The Swiss couple whose mummified remains were found five years ago had failed to return from going to milk cows in a meadow near their home.The couple's youngest daughter revealed at the time that the.