Photos taken by a mountaineer on Everest from the same spot where similar pictures were taken in 1921 have revealed an alarming ice loss. <br/><br/>The Asia Society (AS) arranged for the pictures to be taken in exactly the same place where British climber George Mallory took photos in 1921. <br/><br/>An AS statement said the photographs reveal a startling truth: the ice of the Himalaya is disappearing. <br/><br/>The photos taken by Mallory from the north face of Everest reveal a powerful, white, S-shaped sweep of ice.<br/><br/>Images taken from the same spot in 2010 by mountaineer David Breashears show that the main Rongbuk Glacier is shrunken and withered. <br/><br/>The AS statement said the photographs illustrate the severity of the loss of ice mass among the glaciers surrounding Mount Everest. <br/><br/>The AS says the findings are vitally important because the Himalaya is home to the world’s largest sub-polar ice reserves.