64 years later, closure sought for Colony Glacier plane crash

Mountaineers, morticians, and a forensic anthropologist are scouring the surface of a glacier as they hunt for the remains of a military plane that crashed 64 years ago.
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Members of the 11-person crew excavate 40-by-40 meter squares along a grid. Photo: Zachariah Hughes, Alaska Public Media.All 52 service members aboard a C-124 Globemaster traveling from Washington to Alaska were presumed dead after it went down in November of 1952. But the wreckage was quickly covered by