Fifty years after two mountaineers perished on South America’s tallest peak, a camera emerged from the ice with film that could help solve the mystery of their deaths.
High on Mount Aconcagua, the Western Hemisphere’s highest mountain, the shrinking Polish Glacier spits out what it once devoured – in this case, a 50-year-old Nikomat 35mm camera.
Two porters, preparing for an upcoming expedition, had been securing ropes in the thin and arid air of a clear February day. It was midsummer in South America. The camera glistened in the sun, daring to be noticed.
