Siachen Weather

The Army is giving final touches to a long-pending project to manufacture specialised clothing, sleeping kits and key equipment for its soldiers deployed in the Siachen glacier - the world's most dangerous battlefield.

Soldiers of the Armed Forces at Siachen, the world's highest battlefield, are having to remap their posts. The rapid change in temperatures is causing avalanches in safe areas of the glacier where more soldiers have died from the extreme weather than in battle.

Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari on Monday called off his visit to the avalanche site in Siachen sector due to harsh weather even as rescuers backed by Swiss and German teams continued to search for 138 people buried under the snow for over a week.

The Army is giving final touches to a long-pending project to manufacture specialised clothing, sleeping kits and key equipment for its soldiers deployed in the Siachen glacier - the world's most dangerous battlefield.

Soldiers of the Armed Forces at Siachen, the world's highest battlefield, are having to remap their posts. The rapid change in temperatures is causing avalanches in safe areas of the glacier where more soldiers have died from the extreme weather than in battle.

Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari on Monday called off his visit to the avalanche site in Siachen sector due to harsh weather even as rescuers backed by Swiss and German teams continued to search for 138 people buried under the snow for over a week.