Mountain ski drill in memory of 1902 disaster

Mountain ski drill in memory of 1902 disaster

A Ground Self-Defense Force unit conducts an annual skiing drill at the Hakkoda Mountains in Aomori in northeastern Japan on Feb. 14, 2018, to maintain the unit's readiness in an area of heavy snowfall as well as consoling the souls of 199 soldiers killed in a 1902 blizzard. A local unit of the former Imperial Japanese Army had marched in the snow in a drill to prepare for a possible Russian invasion of Aomori, resulting in one of the world's deadliest mountaineering disasters. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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