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'Shocked and amazed': remains of British researcher found in a glacier
The remains of a British researcher have been recovered from a glacier in Antarctica, more than 60 years after a scientific expedition went badly wrong.
In 1959, Dennis "Tink" Bell was working for the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS), now known as the British Antarctic Survey (BAS), when he died in a deep crack in a glacier on King George Island, off the Antarctic Peninsula. His body was never recovered.
But in January this year, a Polish team spotted scattered human remains among rocks that had been exposed by a moving glacier. The parts were later confirmed via DNA testing to be those of the 25-year-old meteorologist.
His brother, David Bell, said: "When my sister Valerie and I were notified that our brother Dennis had been found after 66 years, we were shocked and amazed." The remains were transported on the BAS Royal Research Ship Sir David Attenborough to the Falkland Islands, and then taken to London. David Bell said bringing his sibling home had "helped us come to terms with the tragic loss of our brilliant brother".
Rod Rhys Jones, chair of the British Antarctic Monument Trust (BAMT), called it "amazing that the Polish team recognised the remains.
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