Srinagar, February 4 The Indian army said today there was little chance of finding alive any of the 10 soldiers buried in an avalanche at Siachen Glacier in the remote Himalayas, as the rescue effort continued. The soldiers were on duty at an army post on a glacier at an altitude of 5,900 metres when it was hit by a massive avalanche early yesterday. Specialist army and air force teams searched for a second day at the site, near the border with Pakistan. “It is with deepest regrets that we have to state that chances of finding any survivors are now very remote,” General DS Hooda said in a statement. “Rescue teams are braving adverse weather and effects of rarified atmosphere to locate and rescue survivors,” the statement added. Special equipment has been flown in to Leh, the main city in the high-altitude region known as Ladakh, to assist the rescue efforts, the statement said. Indian troops patrol the Siachen Glacier. Avalanches and landslides are common in the area during winter and temperatures can drop as low as minus 60 degrees Celsius. In January, four soldiers were killed by an avalanche, while last year another four died when their vehicle was buried under an avalanche near Leh. An estimated 8,000 troops have died on the glacier since 1984, almost all of them from reasons other than combat.