British man who perished in Antarctic glacier found 65 years later

[Starmix]

According to the report, the bones of a British man who died in a terrible accident in Antarctica in 1959 have been discovered in a melting glacier. The remains were found in January by a Polish Antarctic expedition, alongside a wristwatch, a radio, and a pipe.

He has now been formally identified as Dennis "Tink" Bell, who fell into a crevasse aged 25 while working for the organization that became the British Antarctic Survey.

His brother David Bell said, "I had long given up on finding my brother. It is just remarkable, astonishing. I can't get over it. "Dennis was one of the many brave personnel who contributed to the early science and exploration of Antarctica under extraordinarily harsh conditions," says Professor Dame Jane Francis, director of the British Antarctic Survey.
His brother David Bell also said that even if they lost him in 1959, his memory lived on among his colleagues and in the legacy of polar research.

Dennis went to Antarctica in 1958. He was stationed for a two-year assignment at Admiralty Bay, a small UK base with about 12 men on King George Island, which is roughly 120 kilometers (75 miles) off the northern coast of the Antarctic Peninsula. He was supposed to be 90 years old this time.

Source: BBC

 

[eLdavis]

It is well, at the very least, this would give the family peace as they must have been wondering what ever happened to him all these years.

 

[Starmix]

That simply means that human beings are sacred, that despite years, the body of Dennis was preserved and intact.