A 'Treasury of Ice' Goes on Show, Revealing Relics as Swiss Glaciers Rapidly Melt
Swiss glaciologists say glaciers lost 5.5% of their volume this year as the exhibit highlights artifacts and climate records emerging from the thaw.
- The Glacier Garden in Lucerne is showcasing artifacts in a new exhibit titled "Treasury of Ice," featuring relics emerging from Switzerland's rapidly melting glaciers.
- Swiss glaciologists recently reported that Switzerland lost 5.5% of its total glacier volume this year, marking the second-biggest decline on record as global warming accelerates the thaw.
- Relics on display include Roman statuettes and ancient hunting bows, alongside microparticles like pollen and charcoal that testify to high-temperature periods from nearly 500 years ago.
- Glacier Garden director Andreas Burri noted the exhibit preserves an "interesting archive" of items that will be lost as glaciers disappear entirely.
- Rapid melting also exposes human remains; two Belgian hikers found near the Trift glacier in Aug illustrate how glaciers function as an archaeological vault.
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A ‘Treasury of Ice’ goes on show, revealing relics as Swiss glaciers rapidly melt – WTOP News
LUCERNE, Switzerland (AP) — A bow once used to fire arrows in an ancient hunt. A crunched tube of mayonnaise and a discarded wine bottle. An alpinist’s cracked helmet. A statuette dating back to Roman times. The Glacier Garden in Lucerne is showcasing artifacts like these in a new exhibit of relics that have emerged...
A 'Treasury of Ice' goes on show, revealing relics as Swiss
LUCERNE, Switzerland (AP) — A bow once used to fire arrows in an ancient hunt. A crunched tube of mayonnaise and a discarded wine bottle. An alpinist’s cracked helmet. A statuette dating back to Roman times. The
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A ‘Treasury of Ice’ goes on show, revealing relics as Swiss glaciers rapidly melt
LUCERNE, Switzerland (AP) — A bow once used to fire arrows in an ancient hunt. A crunched tube of mayonnaise and a discarded wine bottle. An alpinist's cracked helmet. A statuette dating back to Roman times.
A bow used in ancient hunting, a tube of mayonnaise, a bottle of wine, a mountaineer’s helmet and a Roman-era statuette are some of the finds revealed by Switzerland’s melting glaciers. The objects are on display in a new exhibition titled “Treasure of the Ice,” at the Glacier Garden open-air museum in Lucerne. The exhibition highlights the historical and environmental wealth hidden in the ice, as well as the losses caused by climate change. Acc…
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