Whalers’ Remains Unearthed in Norway - Archaeology Magazine
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Whalers’ Remains Unearthed in Norway - Archaeology Magazine
Garments preserved in whalers' burials from the site of Likneset in Norway's Svalbard archipelago SVALBARD, NORWAY—The remains of 20 whalers have been uncovered in a High Arctic cemetery damaged by rapid warming by Lise Loktu of the Norwegian Institute for Cultural Heritage Research and Elin Therese Brødholt of Oslo University Hospital, according to a Live Science report. The cemetery—known as Likneset, Norwegian for “Corpse Point”—is located on…
Archaeologists who study the 17th-century cemetery in the High Arctic have found evidence of dangers that haunted early New Time whales, including cynga and hard physical labour, but this grave site is rapidly disappearing due to climate change, turning archaeological excavations into a race over time, reports Live Science. Lickness, which in Norwegian means "The Point of the Bodies", the largest graveyard on Spitzbergen, an archipelagic halfway…
The Remains Of Scurvy-Ridden Whalers Were Uncovered In A 17th-Century Graveyard Close To The North Pole
In the 17th and 18th centuries, whalers experienced extensive physical labor and diseases such as scurvy due to the nature of their jobs. The effects of their work on their bodies can still be seen today. Experts investigated the remains of 20 whalers buried in a 17th-century graveyard on Svalbard, a Norwegian archipelago near the […]
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