Mont Blanc

• Mountain climber finally pockets share of $340K jewels he found on French glacier

  The climber first found the gemstones in a box in 2013, believed to be from a plane crash 50 years ago, while climbing on Mont Blanc in the French Alps.

  World

  Dec 6, 2021
  
• Historians feel mysterious Dartmouth chair ‘likely’ to be linked to Halifax Explosion

  Historians with extensive knowledge of the Halifax Explosion are hoping experts in artifact identification are able to confirm what one Dartmouth family has suspected for nearly 100 years.

  Features

  Jul 24, 2018
  
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• Gladys Hazel Forrest, Halifax Explosion survivor, dies at 106

  Gladys Hazel Forrest died in Halifax, N.S., on Monday, March 5.

  Canada

  Mar 8, 2018
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• Trapped above the French Alps: Crews work to rescue 100 stuck in cable car

  The scenic cable-car journey is 5 km long and usually takes 35 minutes, but passengers have been stuck there for about two hours.

  World

  Sep 8, 2016
• 3 alpinists dead after avalanche in Mont Blanc, France

  The bodies of three alpinists buried in an avalanche of ice and snow on the Mont Blanc massif have been found and dug out from the thick ice.

  World

  Aug 18, 2016
• 5 climbers die, another missing on Mont Blanc peak

  Five climbers died and a sixth was missing Wednesday on France's Mont Blanc, officials said.

  World

  Aug 13, 2014
• Body of French climber missing for 32 years found on Mont Blanc

  The body of a French climber who disappeared into a snowstorm in 1982 has been discovered on the slopes of Mont Blanc.

  World

  Jul 10, 2014