Climate scientist killed as snowmobile plunges 100ft into crevasse

Tributes have been paid to a British climate change researcher who died when his snowmobile plunged 100ft into a crevasse in Antarctica. An investigation was launched into the accident after Dr Gordon Hamilton's body was recovered. Scotland-born Dr Hamilton, aged 50, worked for the National Science Foundation (NSF) and was assessing the effect of climate change on ice shelves.