Melting glaciers reveal relics of the "White War"

rolandtg · 01-15-2014, 08:15 PM

Fascinating!

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/history/w...-soldiers.html

JTD · 01-15-2014, 08:44 PM

Thanks for the link. John

Edward Tinker · 01-15-2014, 10:01 PM

Fascinating is right

MikeP · 01-16-2014, 12:09 AM

This happens with some regularity in these and other areas.

Just hope they are handled properly.

Douglas Jr. · 01-16-2014, 07:08 AM

Great reading. Thanks for the link.

Zorba · 01-16-2014, 03:37 PM

Wow.

sheepherder · 01-16-2014, 04:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MikeP

This happens with some regularity in these and other areas.

Kind of the opposite of what is happening with those WW II P-38's up in Iceland (or Greenland or wherever)...They were landed & abandoned on a glacier and have gradually been iced over to 100' or so depth IIRC...Last I read, a team had dug through the ice and was melting & pumping the ice/water away to try to recover at least one of the four planes...I think they got one out...

mrerick · 01-16-2014, 04:56 PM

About the P-38 "Glacial Girl"...

http://p38assn.org/glaciergirl/index.htm

rolandtg · 01-16-2014, 09:49 PM

This attempted rescue from the ice didn't turn out as well.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kee_Bird

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1u4YBwjQTds

Terry Tiell · 01-18-2014, 09:29 AM

Its crazy about those men and the plane! Frozen in time like that.

Sergio Natali · 01-18-2014, 12:45 PM

From time to time they find remnants of the WWI near our border with Austria, that remind us how many people died in that war.
I try to paste enclose interesting site:

http://newgdf.gdf.gov.it/multimedia/...uerra-mondiale

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Sergio Natali User Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Somewhere in Northern Italy Posts: 2,646 Thanks: 1,087 Thanked 1,783 Times in 1,007 Posts	From time to time they find remnants of the WWI near our border with Austria, that remind us how many people died in that war. I try to paste enclose interesting site: http://newgdf.gdf.gov.it/multimedia/...uerra-mondiale __________________ "Originality can't be restored and should be at the top of any collector's priority list.

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Edward Tinker Super Moderator Eternal Lifer LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: North of Spokane, WA Posts: 15,962 Thanks: 2,063 Thanked 4,592 Times in 2,114 Posts	Fascinating is right

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Douglas Jr. User Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: South America Posts: 948 Thanks: 598 Thanked 584 Times in 254 Posts	Great reading. Thanks for the link.

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rolandtg User Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Texas Hill Country Posts: 479 Thanks: 389 Thanked 265 Times in 114 Posts	This attempted rescue from the ice didn't turn out as well. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kee_Bird http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1u4YBwjQTds