Alaska Glacier Body Found: 9-Year-Old Boy Found Dead After Snowmobiling Trip

The body of a 9-year-old boy who disappeared during a snowmobiling trip with his father was discovered from a crevasse in an Alaska glacier.

Alaska State Troopers spokeswoman Megan Peters said in an email that the body of Shjon Brown of Fairbanks was recovered at 12:40 a.m., Monday.

Brown and his father were out on Saturday with others in the hoodoo Mountains south of Delta Junction. When his father took a break on the side of the hill, Brown decided to drive around a small mound and unfortunately, did not return. His father traced his son's tracks, only to discover that he had fallen through a moulin-a hole formed when water on the glacier's surface melts ice to a crevasse below.

Climbers from the North American Outdoor Institute and an emergency room doctor reached the bottom of the crevasse, an estimated 200 feet from the surface. A climber spotted the boy's goggles and helmet and the partially visible snowmobile.

Those that descended into the hole late Sunday said they found his body buried in six to eight feet of snow underneath the snowmobile.

The glacier is about five miles northwest of the site of the Arctic Man Classic, a race involving snowmobiles and skiers or snowboarders. Personnel from the Army's Black Rapids high angle rescue team also responded to the scene, according to reports.