In 1973, Denver teacher and mountaineer Janet Johnson died atop a frozen peak called Aconcagua on the border between Chile and Argentina. A fellow climber also died. Their bodies had to be chiseled out of the ice for burial. Ever since, people have wondered: was this an accident or murder? Then in 2020, a melting glacier gave up a clue: the teacher’s camera– carrying the last photographs she took.
Since the reveal, New York Times reporter John Branch has been investigating. His recent story is titled “Ghosts on the Glacier.”
