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Melting ice reveals remains of Antarctic researcher who vanished 66 years ago

Headline from KTVZ Bend, on the newest of 2 developments

By Haicen Yang, CNN (CNN) — The remains of a British researcher who fell into a crevasse on an Antarctic glacier 66 years ago have been recovered, the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) said. Dennis Bell, then 25, vanished into the ice on July 26, 1959 while climbing the Ecology glacier on King George I…

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  1. Remains of U.K. researcher who vanished in 1959 found on Antarctic glacier:

    Headline from CBS News ·

  2. Newest

    Melting ice reveals remains of Antarctic researcher who vanished 66 years ago

    Headline from KTVZ Bend ·

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12 articles, oldest first.

  1. CBS News

    Remains of U.K. researcher who vanished in 1959 found on Antarctic glacier: (opens CBS News)

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    CBS News's feed description

    The remains of Dennis "Tink" Bell, a British researcher who vanished in 1959 in Antarctica when he was 25 years old, were discovered near a receding glacier.

  2. WTOP Washington DC

    Remains of researcher who vanished in 1959 found on Antarctic glacier (opens WTOP Washington DC)

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    The remains of a British researcher who vanished in 1959 in Antarctica was discovered amid rocks near a receding glacier and identified using DNA analysis

  3. Phys

    Remains of British researcher lost in 1959 recovered from Antarctic glacier (opens Phys)

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    The remains of an Antarctic researcher have been discovered by a Polish team among rocks exposed by a receding glacier in Antarctica. They are identified by DNA as those of Dennis "Tink" Bell, a 25-year-old meteorologist who was working for the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS), the predec…

  4. KTVZ Bend

    Melting ice reveals remains of Antarctic researcher who vanished 66 years ago (opens KTVZ Bend)

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    KTVZ Bend's feed description

    By Haicen Yang, CNN (CNN) — The remains of a British researcher who fell into a crevasse on an Antarctic glacier 66 years ago have been recovered, the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) said. Dennis Bell, then 25, vanished into the ice on July 26, 1959 while climbing the Ecology glacier on King George I…

  5. Science Alert

    Remains of UK Scientist Found 66 Years After Tragic Antarctic Glacier Death (opens Science Alert)

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    The remains of a British meteorologist who died in an Antarctic expedition in 1959 have been recovered six decades later from a glacier, the British Antarctic Survey said Monday.

  6. KEYT Santa Barbara

    Melting ice reveals remains of Antarctic researcher who vanished 66 years ago | News Channel 3-12 (opens KEYT Santa Barbara)

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    KEYT Santa Barbara's feed description

    By Haicen Yang, CNN (CNN) — The remains of a British researcher who fell into a crevasse on an Antarctic glacier 66 years ago have been recovered,

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