Search for frozen camera may reveal who climbed Everest first

(PhysOrg.com) -- An Everest historian believes he may have pinpointed the last resting place of mountaineer Andrew Irvine, who died on a mission to climb Mount Everest in 1924, almost 30 years before the successful climb of Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay. No one knows whether or not Irvine and his companion George Mallory ever reached the summit, but the remains of Irvine, and particularly the camera he was carrying, may be able to solve the mystery.

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