More than 300 people have died on Mount Everest, and many of their bodies remain on the mountain.
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***READ MORE***
“Death in the Clouds: the Problem with Everest’s 200+ Bodies” http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20151008-the-graveyard-in-the-clouds-everests-200-dead-bodies
“Mount Everest Rescue Team Attempts to Retrieve Body of Climber” https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/may/24/mount-everest-death-toll-season-four-bodies-found
“The Accidental Graveyard in the ‘Death Zone’ of Mt. Everest” https://strangeremains.com/2014/03/02/the-death-zone-of-mt-everest-is-an-accidental-graveyard-littered-with-the-bodies-of-adventurers/
“Atop Everest: Frozen bodies keeping an eternal post at the roof of the world” http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/atop-everest-frozen-bodies-keeping-an-eternal-post-at-the-roof-of-the-world-20160523-gp1w9a.html
Questions and Responses from NOVA
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/everest/lost/mail/mail990511n2.html
“The Day Mallory was Found”
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/everest/lost/mail/mail990511n2.html