The strangest things that have been found in ice. Iceman Otzi

The world is full of hidden secrets, and it turns out there are still places where amazing and strange things are completely buried and hidden in the ice, but thanks to global warming, we are gradually discovering them.

1. Mountain range 3 km high

Beneath the icy plains that cover most Antarctica, there is a real mountain range. Scientists have known about the Gamburtsev Mountains for about half a century, but only recently modern technologies allowed them to look under the ice and see mountains 1,200 km long with peaks up to 3 km high. Researchers say that the ridge is a bit like the Alps, and they have also discovered magnetic anomalies, which suggest that the mountains may be about 1 billion years old.

2. A 25-million-year-old lake containing life

In 2012, scientists drilled through 3 km of ice and stumbled upon Lake Vostok, hidden deep under the ice of Antarctica, and this is the largest subglacial lake on the continent. Researchers who took samples from it discovered very strange life forms there. These were bacteria completely different from all bacteria known to us, but some mysterious and alien-exotic species.

3. Millions of grasshoppers

There is nothing more impressive than the pristine beauty of a glacier. One of these exists in the state of Montana, near the city of Cooke City, and is called the Grasshopper Glacier. Yes, it is filled with millions of grasshoppers frozen into it. Analysis of the insects confirmed that they belonged to a species that went extinct about 200 years ago. The Grasshopper Glacier is not the only such place in the Beartooth Mountains; next to it, for example, there is also a glacier with frozen locusts.

4. World War I Battlefield

Since the 1990s global warming glaciers nearby flooded Italian city Peyo in the north of the country - and they appeared from the ice Love letters, diaries and, finally, the bodies of soldiers killed during the First World War. As it melts, more bodies are discovered. In 2004, a local mountain guide discovered three Habsburg soldiers on the slope. And the researchers even found a whole warehouse with ammunition, steel helmets and clothing.

5. Fish-lizard cemetery

A huge cemetery from the early Cretaceous era has been discovered in a Chilean glacier. A group of researchers headed to National Park Torres del Paine and found 46 whole specimens of creatures in which they recognized ichthyosaurs, or, in simple terms, fish lizards. The remains are about 100-150 million years old and contain soft tissue and embryos. The fish lizard is not a small animal; the largest skeleton was about 5 meters.

6Deer Carcass Infected With Anthrax

In 2016, global warming in Western Siberia pushed a deer carcass to the surface. The body was infected anthrax, and scientists believe that not only did the reindeer become victims of the infection, it then infected almost 15 thousand local nomadic reindeer herders. And this is another very serious danger of melting glaciers, fraught with the spread of deadly diseases.

7. One fish eating another

Some discoveries change history, while others have enormous scientific value. This Indiana find is certainly not a hoax. Two brothers were fishing on Lake Wawasee when they saw what looked like a pike eating a perch in the ice. The couple once simply froze in place, and the fishermen brothers made and posted a video of how they carved this strange composition out of ice.

8. Iron Age Tunic

In 2015, due to the melting of glaciers in Norway, archaeologists found things lost people Iron Age. In total, the mountains of Oplann County have yielded over 2,000 artifacts as they were once trade routes for our ancestors. Arrows and horseshoes have already been found there. In 2011, old mittens were “picked up”. And more recently, a well-preserved tunic was found, approximately dating back to 230-390. AD The stylish thing turned out to be quilted and insulated; in addition, it was also stained with horse manure.

9. Revived seeds 32 thousand years old

Team Russian researchers discovered an ancient squirrel “stash” on the banks of the Kolyma River. The seeds were located at a depth of 37 m, and their age was about 32 thousand years. However, scientists were able to restore viable plant tissue inside the seeds. The seeds sprouted and grew into flowers, which produced a new crop of seeds.

10. A real treasure

In 2013, one climber came to the French police and gave them a small box containing about a hundred precious stones, including emeralds, sapphires and rubies, worth about $300 thousand. A climber discovered them on Mont Blanc, and the box turned out to be from the Air India plane that crashed in the mountains in January 1966, killing 117 passengers. The search for the rightful owner has not yet been successful - at least two different families claim that the box belongs to them.

The German pilot, whose remains were found by Krasnodar search engines, turned out to be famous pilot Horst Schiller. It was he who dropped the first bombs on Poland in September 1939, kickstarting the Second World War. But this is far from the first high-profile discovery by search engines in the Kuban, where during the war the occupiers built the “Blue Line” - a strong fortification system on the Taman Peninsula, which was broken through by the Red Army only in the fall of 1943. The head of the search organization "Shield and Sword" Alexey Koretsky shows the Gazeta.Ru correspondent the stands on which those found in Kuban land things and shells.

— We mainly have employees of internal affairs bodies, Krasnodar University of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the penal system, and bailiffs. Of course, there are also civilian volunteers. Someone comes to dig up a helmet as a souvenir, someone comes from the bottom of their hearts to raise a fighter and identify his relatives. And the metal that is exhibited here simply makes it clear the scale, shows at what cost the Victory was won.

— The helmets and shells are very poorly preserved...

— Because there is a lot of black soil and fertilizers. The main excavations are taking place on the Blue Line - a system German fortifications from Temryuk to Novorossiysk. Most of the five thousand fighters that Shield and Sword have discovered over the years are found there. Mostly, of course, infantry.

— How are names determined?

— Mortal medallions with full name and address are very rare. It was considered a terrible omen to fill it; once filled, death was invited. As a rule, mouthpieces were made from ebonite capsules for medallions, and the inserts were thrown away. If we find a medallion, then this is one case out of a hundred. Here is one of them, 1943, original.

(Alexey holds out a laminated strip of paper on which an address in the Saratov region is written in uneven handwriting and with errors. “The wife of Antonin Stepanova, surname Krasnova. Whoever finds this address, tell my wife that I am not here.”)

- Any thing can help determine the name. For example, a spoon with initials scratched out. We have a list of the division on hand - let’s see who fought in this sector. We find a fighter with the same initials and double-check at what point he died. Most often it matches.

We regularly turn to the Central Archive of the Ministry of Defense for clarification - information comes from there in a timely manner. Military registration and enlistment offices began to respond to requests only two or three years ago; before that, in 90% of cases they ignored us. When we establish a name, we contact our relatives.

— With the Germans too? I heard that Germany pays generously for Wehrmacht soldiers.

“This is crazy nonsense, cultivated by someone unknown.” In the 90s, maybe they paid. But we are handing over the Germans without any money to the Volksbund (German public organization, full title People's Union Germany for the care of war graves. - "Gazeta.Ru").

The ratio of German and Soviet deaths is approximately one to three.

The Nazis were in fortified positions, on the hills, and ours had to storm all the time. And when the Germans attacked in the summer of 1942, he did it with wedges and owned modern equipment at that time.

— The largest mass grave that was found?

— 64 people, in the Crimean region. They were dragged into a large crater by the arms—by the legs, either by ours or by the Germans. There were almost no special graves dug; people were exhausted from the battles. The corpses were thrown either into large craters or into dugouts. It happened that, especially the local population in the spring and autumn of 1943, they dumped everyone indiscriminately into one trench, sometimes they sprinkled it with lime or bleach.

— What things do you most often find among fighters?

— Looting has always happened - both then and now. The most valuable things were stolen even then. Personal items often include watches, pocket knives, and pocket razors. I remember the inlaid cigarette holder made from a mortal medallion, figuratively decorated with colored plastic. One day a wooden spoon came across; it was found in our soldier’s German gas mask tank. Very rarely, soldiers used captured tanks to carry food and store personal belongings.

Several times we came across aluminum cigarette cases with the inscription “Death to the fascist occupiers!”, made from an airplane wing.

Paper is practically never found, only if the remains were in clay. This is how they found a party card, the name of which was made out with the help of forensic experts from the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Our soldiers often wear red American boots. Or here’s another thing: I was very surprised when I read “40% soy” on the 1942 Lend-Lease stew. Be sure to write it down, let them know that even then we were stuffed with soy.

Among the rarest items is our glass capsule mine.

Looks like a small bottle. Inside there is amatol - a mixture of ammonium nitrate and TNT; when you press the stopper with your foot, an explosion is heard.

— Do the Nazis have the same set?

“One day they found a box with a mirror on a German – for heroin. In red aluminum tubes there were Pervitin tablets - modern methamphetamine, a drug. What is destroying our youth now, the Germans had during the Third Reich. A water disinfectant was found in a plastic tube.

There are sealed beer bottles, although the drink leaked out through a rusty cap. Here’s a tube of cream to prevent frostbite on your hands—you can squeeze it into your palm right now. Here is a Romanian helmet. She was found with a balaclava, inside there were even remnants of hair and traces of maggots. And the Romanian had Soviet coins in his pockets. I stole money for souvenirs.

In general, the Germans interest me the least. When the media began to spread the news about Horst Schiller being found, they praised him as “ legendary personality"," World War II pilot ace." Yes, he is scum, and he died in our land for a reason!

Why is it legendary? Because he was the first to throw a bomb on Poland! Yes, so many people died from his bombs...

— By the way, are you able to establish under what circumstances this or that fighter died?

— Here is a unique photograph of one of the graves. Here the fighter lies at the bottom of the trench, his hands squeezing to the last the tourniquet, which was used to tighten the remainder of the leg torn off above the knee on his thigh. The leg was never found nearby. Under his head were the remains of a backpack, a bowler hat, a horn, and a glass was preserved - fellow soldiers poured alcohol into the wounded comrade’s mouth, ran further into the attack, planning to return for him. He never received help.
In the next photo, the fighter was covered with earth, he tried to get out until the last moment. Found at a depth of two meters.

— What do you do with the remains then?

- We are conducting an exhumation. If the burial is dubious—maybe modern victims—then we call investigators. As a rule, this is easy to determine by personal belongings, cartridges, and helmet. If there is an explosive object near the remains, we call the police, if there is an air bomb, we contact the Ministry of Emergency Situations.

In the Crimean region, the administration allocated us a room in the cemetery, where we put all the remains throughout the year. The ceremonial burial takes place either on October 9, the day of the liberation of Kuban, or on May 9. In some places we leave the remains in churches before burial - the priests bless them. At the mass grave “Hill of Heroes” near Krymsk we bury soldiers every year.

And this July, as part of the Taman Bridgehead 2014 expedition, a high-speed boat with the remains of a radio operator was discovered for the first time at a depth of six meters.

This is on the Tuzla Spit, on the very border with Ukraine. According to the law, a sunken boat with soldiers is officially considered mass grave, so we won’t rebury it. Next summer We plan to go down to the place of death again and install a sign with the name of the radio operator. An American anti-aircraft machine gun was lifted from this boat; it is now in the Museum of Military Glory in Krasnodar.

— Do you often encounter “black diggers”?

— “Chernushniki” worked in droves throughout Russia. They frolicked in earnest. They smashed the bones with shovels and scattered them around so that you couldn’t tell where the Germans were and where ours were. They are interested in weapons, jewelry, rare orders. Even coins from the fighters' pockets. Therefore, I support the recently adopted law limiting their activities.

The Earth's ice cover is disappearing, and very at a fast pace. For example, in national park Glaciers in Montana are threatening to melt completely by 2030 due to climate change. Since 1850 total large glaciers in the area have decreased from 150 to 25.

However, this serious problem also has back side medals: similar natural processes lift the veil of secrecy over unique finds that have been buried in the ice for centuries. And with each new discovery, humanity gets closer to unraveling the mysteries of both the past and the future.

Here's what incredible finds were made due to global warming and melting ice.

Note in a bottle

1. A note dating back to 1959 was left in a bottle buried under a pile of rocks near a polar glacier. It contained a message that proved what a huge impact nature has been affected by global warming and climate change.

In 1959, American geologist Paul Walker placed a note in a bottle and buried it under a pile of rocks on Ward Hunt Island in Canada. The message contained simple instructions: whoever finds the note should measure the distance from the place where the bottle was to the edge of the glacier.

In the summer of 2013, scientists from the research station at Laval University Warwick Vincent and Dennis Sarrazin discovered a message left by Walker 54 years ago. The scientists fulfilled, in essence, the last will of the geologist, because... Walker died a month after burying the bottle in rocks on the island. What they discovered was truly shocking. In 1959, Walker measured the distance from these stones to the edge of the glacier to be 51 meters. And already in 2013 this distance was 122 meters. Vincent and Sarrazin argue that this difference between the two measurements indicates the dramatic consequences of ongoing global warming.

Woolly Mammoth

2. Two men lift the well-preserved carcass of a baby mammoth that was accidentally bulldozed from permafrost in 1977.

In 2010, a female was found in Siberia, perhaps the most unexplored region of Russia. woolly mammoth, weighed one ton and was named Yuka. Having lain in the Siberian permafrost for 39,000 years, the mammoth's body was so well preserved that even fur and muscle tissue were visible, and for the first time in the history of anthropology, scientists were able to take blood samples from a prehistoric animal.

Researchers have suggested that, most likely, the mammoth got stuck in the swamp and died there, because... Bottom part his body remained intact thanks to the surrounding ice. Despite the fact that some parts of the mammoth's body have completely disappeared, such a find is of unprecedented scientific value.

Scientists from South Korea stated that thanks to DNA samples obtained from Yuki's body, they now have a chance to clone mammoths, thus reviving the entire species. If this does happen, researchers will no longer have to travel to Siberia in search of woolly mammoths.

Ötzi's mummy

In September 1991, two German tourists stumbled upon unusual find: well preserved remains human body that were frozen in ice. Then tourists mistook the ancient corpse for the remains of a climber who had recently died in the mountains. However, after radiocarbon dating, scientists found that the mummified man was no less than 5,000 years old. The discovery was unique in its kind, because never before had scientists restored a Chalcolithic corpse completely untouched by time.

Researchers named the ice man Ötzi (or Ötzi, Otzi), because... The last resting place of the mummy was the Ötztal valley. For many years, scientists have pieced together information about the lifestyle, language and cause of death of the mysterious ancient man.

Ötzi's stomach contained undigested remains of his last meal, indicating that he died rather suddenly. Later, thanks to X-rays, it was determined that an arrowhead was stuck in the mummy’s shoulder, which proved that 5,000 years ago, Ötzi was killed in a battle with an enemy.

Shortly after his death, Ötzi's body was most likely frozen in ice and covered with snow, which saved him from predators. And since the corpse lay in a deep ravine, it was not damaged due to glacier movements.

As he writes National Geographic, DNA analysis proved that the ancient ice man had at least 19 living relatives and was a descendant of the inhabitants of Corsica or Sardinia.

Ötzi's mummy was exhibited at the South Tyrolean Museum of Archeology in Bolzano, Italy.

hidden treasures

4. A bag of diplomatic pouch was found in 2012 at the site of an Indian plane crash near Mont Blanc.

One day, a French climber unexpectedly found a treasure during his ascent to Mont Blanc. It was a metal box protruding from the surface of the Bosson Glacier. The box contained rows of pouches marked “made in India.” Each bag contained approximately 100 precious stones - rubies, emeralds and sapphires.

This box of jewelry is said to be valued at $377,000.

But instead of disappearing forever with these untold riches, the honest climber gave them to the police. The jewelry was then transferred for storage to the administration of the city of Chamonix in eastern France, where local authorities tried to unravel the mystery of their origin.

And the clue was hidden in the stamp - “made in India”. By some mystical coincidence, two major plane crashes of Indian planes occurred in the area of ​​the Mont Blanc glaciers.

One of the crashes, which occurred in 1950 on the way to Geneva, claimed the lives of 48 people. And 16 years later, the pilot of a Boeing 707, heading to New York via Geneva and London, miscalculated the flight altitude and crashed into the top of Mont Blanc. All 117 passengers and crew members were killed.

As a result of the Boeing 707 crash, a crater was formed on the mountainside, which still contains the wreckage of the plane and other things that belonged to the passengers. Among the personal belongings, a bag with diplomatic mail was found, shown in the photo above.

Experts believe that the treasures may be associated with a family jewelry business located in London.

Giant virus

5. Recently, scientists came across an amazing discovery - a giant virus over 30,000 years old, which was located in permafrost near the Kolyma River in Russia.

As French biologist Jean-Michel Claverie from the University of Aix-Marseille, who discovered the virus, notes: “There is a small possibility that pathogenic microbes that infected ancient people could revive and infect modern humanity. These pathogens can be common bacteria (treatable with antibiotics) or drug-resistant bacteria and even dangerous viruses. If they died out a long time ago, then our immune system is not ready to resist them.”

One way or another, today this is the largest virus described by science that “hunts” amoebas. The megavirus lures the amoeba by pretending to be a “tasty” bacterium. The amoeba, consuming such bait, becomes a victim of the virus, multiplying it into many copies.

Remains of World War I soldiers

6. The remains of two Austrian soldiers found in the Presena Glacier area in 2012, Italy.

As glaciers melt near the small Italian mountain village of Peio, people continue to find the remains of soldiers, as well as other artifacts from the First World War.

In the battle known as " White War", soldiers Austro-Hungarian Empire fought with Italian troops for dominance over the mountainous terrain. According to historians, hundreds of thousands of soldiers died on the battlefield during the battle, many of whom could not withstand the extreme weather conditions. The temperature then dropped below 22 degrees, and avalanches, which were dubbed the “white death,” swallowed up entire companies. Many soldiers who fought in that place went missing.

And now, almost a century later, 80 mummified bodies buried under a melting glacier have surfaced. In 2004, a mountain guide witnessed a terrible sight: the corpses of three Austro-Hungarian army soldiers killed in 1918 were sticking upside down from a wall of ice. The frozen remains were found near San Matteo at an altitude of 3,658 meters above sea level.

And in 2013, the bodies of two more soldiers were discovered in a burial pit of the melting Presen glacier (pictured above). Since the bodies lay under thick ice for a long time, their hair and even skin tissue were quite well preserved. The soldiers' personal belongings were also found in the glacier, such as a love note addressed to "Maria".

The ice of our planet holds many secrets that we have yet to unravel. What was found amazes the imagination, and only spurs interest for further searches.

Giant virus

Researchers from the University of Marseille (France) together with Russian colleagues from the Institute of Physico-Chemical and biological problems Found a new virus in permafrost.

Ice Maiden Ice Maiden of the Incas, Peru

The mummy of a 14-15 year old girl was discovered on the slope of the Nevado Sabancaya volcano in the vastness of Peru, moreover, in 1999. Experts believe the teenager and several other children were selected for sacrifice because of their beauty.
Three mummies were found, which, unlike their embalmed Egyptian “colleagues,” were deep frozen. The body of a seven-year-old boy was also studied, but scientists have not yet decided to examine the remains of a six-year-old girl. It was probably hit by lightning at some point, which may affect the accuracy of the research results.

Most likely, three children were sacrificed, as evidenced by the artifacts located next to them: gold, silver, clothes, bowls of food and an extravagant headdress made of white feathers of unknown birds.

Historians theorize that the children were chosen by the Incas for their beauty. In the course of previous studies, it was established that before they were sacrificed, for a year the children were fed “elite” products - maize and dried llama meat.

Mummy of Princess Ukok, Altai

This mummy was nicknamed the “Altai Princess” and it is assumed that Ukoka died in the 5th-3rd centuries BC and belongs to the Pazyryk culture of the Altai region.

Mummy of a boy, Greenland

Near the Greenlandic settlement of Kilakitsoq, located on west bank the largest island in the world, in 1972 an entire family was discovered mummified by low temperatures. This boy was not even a year old when life left him. Scientists found that he had Down syndrome.

Ice man, Alps

Similaun Man, who was about 5,300 years old at the time of his discovery, making him the oldest European mummy, received from scientists nicknameÖtzi. Discovered on September 19, 1991 by a couple of German tourists while walking in the Tyrolean Alps, who came across the remains of a Chalcolithic inhabitant, perfectly preserved thanks to natural ice mummification, it created a real sensation in scientific world- nowhere else in Europe have they found ideally reached today bodies of our distant ancestors.

Juanita from the Peruvian Andes

Thanks to the cold of the Andes peaks, the mummy was preserved very well and now it belongs to the Museum of Andean Sanctuaries in Ariquepa, but often moves around the world in a special sarcophagus.

Frozen Mammoth

On the islands of the Novosibirsk archipelago, they discovered the carcass of a female mammoth well preserved in the ice. In addition to soft tissues, the researchers received another valuable “gift” - mammoth blood. Surprisingly, it did not freeze at a temperature of -10 degrees, and scientists suggest that it was this feature that helped mammoths survive in the cold.

Mammoth Yuka

A baby mammoth was found near the Laptev Sea and was named Yuka. Scientists believe that Yuka died (yes, experts are inclined to believe that it was a female) at least 10 thousand years ago at the age of two and a half years: her tusks were just beginning to erupt.

Wreckage of Sigismund Levanevsky's plane found in the Arctic

Russian Expedition Geographical Society accidentally discovered debris in Yamal that may belong to the H-209 aircraft of the Northern Sea Route pilot Sigismund Levanevsky. The plane and its crew disappeared without a trace in August 1937. No human remains were found. Perhaps the pilots left the cockpit but did not reach the people, Fandyushin suggested. He said that members of the Russian Geographical Society are planning to go on a new expedition in March-April to examine the find in detail.

Remains of WWI soldiers in the Alps

Due to the melting of the ice, soldiers of the First World War begin to emerge. In 2014, the remains of 80 soldiers killed during the First World War were discovered in melted alpine ice, almost all of them were well preserved and turned into mummies.

For decades, military supplies flowed down with the melting ice. Among the discovered relics there are letters and poems that remained unopened and did not manage to fall into the hands of loved ones. There are approximately 80 mummy soldiers, most of them were wounded.

Frozen baby woolly rhinoceros

For the first time in the history of paleontology, Yakut paleontologists found partially preserved remains of a cub woolly rhinoceros, buried under permafrost about 10 thousand years ago, which will help them understand how these animals survived in the harsh glacial climate

The ice of our planet contains many secrets that we have yet to unravel. What was found amazes the imagination, and only spurs interest for further searches.

Giant virus

Researchers from the University of Marseille (France), together with Russian colleagues from the Institute of Physico-Chemical and Biological Problems, found a new virus in permafrost.

Ice Maiden Ice Maiden of the Incas, Peru

The mummy of a 14-15 year old girl was discovered on the slope of the Nevado Sabancaya volcano in the vastness of Peru, moreover, in 1999. Experts believe the teenager and several other children were selected for sacrifice because of their beauty.

Three mummies were found, which, unlike their embalmed Egyptian “colleagues,” were deep frozen. The body of a seven-year-old boy was also studied, but scientists have not yet decided to examine the remains of a six-year-old girl. It was probably hit by lightning at some point, which may affect the accuracy of the research results.

Most likely, three children were sacrificed, as evidenced by the artifacts located next to them: gold, silver, clothes, bowls of food and an extravagant headdress made of white feathers of unknown birds.

Historians theorize that the children were chosen by the Incas for their beauty. In the course of previous studies, it was established that before they were sacrificed, for a year the children were fed “elite” products - maize and dried llama meat.

Mummy of Princess Ukok, Altai

This mummy was nicknamed the “Altai Princess” and it is assumed that Ukoka died in the 5th-3rd centuries BC and belongs to the Pazyryk culture of the Altai region.

Mummy of a boy, Greenland

Near the Greenlandic settlement of Qilakitsoq, located on the western coast of the largest island in the world, an entire family was discovered in 1972, mummified by low temperatures. This boy was not even a year old when life left him. Scientists found that he had Down syndrome.

Ice Man, Alps

Similaun Man, who was about 5,300 years old at the time of his discovery, making him the oldest European mummy, was given the nickname Ötzi by scientists. Discovered on September 19, 1991 by a couple of German tourists while walking in the Tyrolean Alps, who came across the perfectly preserved remains of an inhabitant of the Chalcolithic era thanks to natural ice mummification, it created a real sensation in the scientific world - nowhere in Europe have the bodies of our distant people been found perfectly preserved to this day ancestors

Juanita from the Peruvian Andes

Thanks to the cold of the Andes peaks, the mummy was preserved very well and now it belongs to the Museum of Andean Sanctuaries in Ariquepa, but often moves around the world in a special sarcophagus.

Frozen Mammoth

On the islands of the Novosibirsk archipelago, they discovered the carcass of a female mammoth well preserved in the ice. In addition to soft tissues, the researchers received another valuable “gift” - mammoth blood. Surprisingly, it did not freeze at a temperature of -10 degrees, and scientists suggest that it was this feature that helped mammoths survive in the cold.

Mammoth Yuka

A baby mammoth was found near the Laptev Sea and was named Yuka. Scientists believe that Yuka died (yes, experts are inclined to believe that it was a female) at least 10 thousand years ago at the age of two and a half years: her tusks were just beginning to erupt.

Wreckage of Sigismund Levanevsky's plane found in the Arctic

An expedition of the Russian Geographical Society accidentally discovered debris in Yamal that may belong to the H-209 aircraft of the Northern Sea Route pilot Sigismund Levanevsky. The plane and its crew disappeared without a trace in August 1937. No human remains were found. Perhaps the pilots left the cockpit but did not reach the people, Fandyushin suggested. He said that members of the Russian Geographical Society are planning to go on a new expedition in March-April to examine the find in detail.

Remains of WWI soldiers in the Alps

Due to the melting of the ice, soldiers of the First World War begin to emerge. In 2014, the remains of 80 soldiers killed during the First World War were discovered in melted alpine ice, almost all of them were well preserved and turned into mummies.

Along with them were found photographs of the war years, maps and even food that had been perfectly preserved in the cold. The soldiers were given a real military funeral. Now main task is to preserve this heritage.

Married couple

The remains of Marcelin and Francine Dumoulin were found in the Swiss Alps, in the Tsanfleuran glacier. Police confirmed their identities after a DNA test. The pair were found along with a backpack, watch and book. The couple had 7 years left, who, after two months of searching, were sent to foster families.

Frozen baby woolly rhinoceros

For the first time in the history of paleontology, Yakut paleontologists have found the partially preserved remains of a baby woolly rhinoceros, buried under permafrost about 10 thousand years ago, which will help them understand how these animals survived in the harsh glacial climate