article_snippet: Hellweger, from Bruneck, Italy, was on a week-long vacation in Alaska with seven friends from Italy and Belgium.
article_snippet: Hellweger (third from the right), pictured last week, was on a week-long vacation in Alaska with seven friends from Belgium and Italy .
article_snippet: A friend of Alexander Hellweger's, Johan Maesen, wrote on Facebook that the party went to Alaska as eight 'enthusiastic young people for an unforgettable adventure', but the party will only return as a group of seven .
article_snippet: Johan Maesen,  a friend of Alexander Hellweger's from Belgium who was on the trip, expressed his sadness on Facebook on Monday. '
article_snippet: Facebook came up with 8 enthusiastic young people for an unforgettable adventure, Facebook return not back with 7 people,' his wrote.
article_snippet: Troopers say Troopers have made arrangements to recover Hellweger's body later.
article_snippet: Hellweger's family has been notified and arrangements.
highlights_snippet: he was on a vacation with seven friends from Belgium and Italy .
  