US EditionRemains of British Meteorologist Found in Glacier Identified as Dennis 'Tink' Bell
ANTARCTICA, AUG 11 – Polish scientists found Dennis Bell's remains in a melting glacier, highlighting climate change impacts; 29 personnel have died in British Antarctic scientific missions since 1944.
- On Monday, the British Antarctic Survey reported that DNA analysis identified the remains of Dennis "Tink" Bell, found amid rocks near Ecology Glacier on King George Island.
- On July 26, 1959, Dennis 'Tink' Bell fell into a crevasse near Point Thomas in Admiralty Bay during a survey and died when his belt broke as he reached the lip.
- Amid climate-driven glacier retreat, artifacts emerged; Polish researchers found over 200 personal items alongside bones exposed by Ecology Glacier's melting in Admiralty Bay.
- David Bell said he had long given up hope and finds the discovery "remarkable, astonishing," and he and his sister, Valerie, will soon visit England to finally put Dennis to rest.
- Professor Dame Jane Francis noted that deteriorating melting of Antarctic glaciers is increasingly exposing historical remains, highlighting broader implications, she said.
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Dennis Bell, a 25-year-old meteorologist, had fallen into a crevice on a glacier on King George Island on July 26, 1959.
In 1959, Dennis Bell plunged into an Antarctic crevasse. A rescue attempt failed, the researcher remained dead. Now his remains have appeared, far from the accident site. A team of Polish researchers discovered the remains of the then 25-year-old Dennis "Tink" Bell in January between stones exposed by the melting of the glacier, the polar research institute British Antarctic Survey (BAS) reported. The bone fragments were then brought to London. …
The body of the meteorologist who fell into a crack in 1959 appeared from the retreat of a glacier; then Dennis Bell worked in the Falkland Islands Dependencies Service.
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