<p>Italian army removes and defuses 250 explosives encased in ice for more than 100 years after hikers’ sightings</p><p>A significant cache of unexploded bombs from the first world war emerged this summer from rapidly retreating glaciers in the Dolomites, the Italian army has said.</p><p>The devices, which included Italian artillery shells and French mortar bombs, were removed and defused by the army’s Julia Alpine brigade, according to a statement.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/27/melting-glaciers-dolomites-first-world-war-munitions-italy">Continue reading...</a>
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Melting glaciers in Dolomites reveal cache of first world war munitions
<p>Italian army removes and defuses 250 explosives encased in ice for more than 100 years after hikers’ sightings</p><p>A significant cache of unexploded bombs from the first world war emerged this summer from rapidly retreating glaciers in the Dolomites, the Italian army has said.</p><p>The devices, which included Italian artillery shells and French mortar bombs, were removed and defused by the army’s Julia Alpine brigade, according to a statement.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/27/melting-glaciers-dolomites-first-world-war-munitions-italy">Continue reading...</a>