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without a single picture of any of the artifacts

nicky0 7y ago
And lots of illustrations of snowmen and melting ice lollies.
fredsted 7y ago
That made me very frustrated! Here's the proper article, with actual pictures: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/2000-artifacts-pulled-edge-norways-melting-glaciers-180967949/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/2000-artifacts-pul...
- mojomark 7y ago
  Thanks for the link. Aside from the OP article's basic regurgitation of prior (perhaps stale - I couldn't read it either being behind a "sign-in wall"), the Smithsonian author clearly didn't view it as a race against time and human-induced climate change, but merely an unexpected windfall for researchers: "There are countless negative impacts of the changing climate, but the recovery of these artifacts could be an unexpected positive. Our uncertain climate future may inadvertently help researchers learn more about our past."
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- thatgerhard 7y ago
  thanks :)
- dang 7y ago
  Ok, we've changed to that from https://gen.medium.com/the-rescue-mission-to-save-civilization-from-the-big-melt-ea1ce2043b7e https://gen.medium.com/the-rescue-mission-to-save-civilizati.... Thanks!
- RenRav 7y ago
  That tunic is incredible! I can't believe it's around 1700 years old. I wonder how fast it would deteriorate once melted from the ice if it wasn't discovered. The glaciers melting is a sad thing but at least this aspect of it is exciting.
ahje 7y ago
Excellent sources, mostly Norwegian, but there are pictures and some English resources on those two web sites: * https://secretsoftheice.no/ https://secretsoftheice.no/ * https://www.norskfjellsenter.no/home https://www.norskfjellsenter.no/home
mkl 7y ago
Much as I dislike Twitter links, there are lots of good pictures here: https://twitter.com/brearkeologi https://twitter.com/brearkeologi
sushikokk 7y ago
See their official facebook page https://www.facebook.com/pg/secretsoftheice/posts/ https://www.facebook.com/pg/secretsoftheice/posts/
aptwebapps 7y ago
If you scroll down far enough there are some (perhaps they were added later). The 'wrenches' look to me like some thing used to pull on or to tighten some sort of string or rope.

And lots of illustrations of snowmen and melting ice lollies.

That made me very frustrated! Here's the proper article, with actual pictures: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/2000-artifacts-pulled-edge-norways-melting-glaciers-180967949/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/2000-artifacts-pul...

mojomark 7y ago
Thanks for the link. Aside from the OP article's basic regurgitation of prior (perhaps stale - I couldn't read it either being behind a "sign-in wall"), the Smithsonian author clearly didn't view it as a race against time and human-induced climate change, but merely an unexpected windfall for researchers: "There are countless negative impacts of the changing climate, but the recovery of these artifacts could be an unexpected positive. Our uncertain climate future may inadvertently help researchers learn more about our past."
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thatgerhard 7y ago
thanks :)
dang 7y ago
Ok, we've changed to that from https://gen.medium.com/the-rescue-mission-to-save-civilization-from-the-big-melt-ea1ce2043b7e https://gen.medium.com/the-rescue-mission-to-save-civilizati.... Thanks!
RenRav 7y ago
That tunic is incredible! I can't believe it's around 1700 years old. I wonder how fast it would deteriorate once melted from the ice if it wasn't discovered. The glaciers melting is a sad thing but at least this aspect of it is exciting.

ahje 7y ago

Excellent sources, mostly Norwegian, but there are pictures and some English resources on those two web sites: * https://secretsoftheice.no/ https://secretsoftheice.no/ * https://www.norskfjellsenter.no/home https://www.norskfjellsenter.no/home

mkl 7y ago

Much as I dislike Twitter links, there are lots of good pictures here: https://twitter.com/brearkeologi https://twitter.com/brearkeologi

sushikokk 7y ago

See their official facebook page https://www.facebook.com/pg/secretsoftheice/posts/ https://www.facebook.com/pg/secretsoftheice/posts/

aptwebapps 7y ago

If you scroll down far enough there are some (perhaps they were added later). The 'wrenches' look to me like some thing used to pull on or to tighten some sort of string or rope.