In search for 10 soldiers in Siachen, now every minute counts

February 04, 2016 15:39

A day after an avalanche hit the northern part of the Siachen Glacier, rescuers with dogs are carving through massive chunks of ice to reach 10 soldiers trapped after a wall of ice, a kilometre wide and 600 metres high, came crashing down on their post.

Sources have told NDTV, "It's as if there is nothing, no post there at all." Every minute counts now, they added, pointing out that rescuers are working in temperatures as low as minus 30 degrees centigrade to navigate the extremely treacherous heights of the Saltoro ridge (directly West of the Siachen glacier) upon which the soldiers were based at a post located at 19,600 feet.

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