Wednesday, September 15, 2004
Glacially Lost
WWII bomber emerges from glacier
A long hot summer in Iceland has revealed previously hidden parts of a British warplane that crashed on a glacier in May 1941.
The Fairey Battle bomber has been re-emerging slowly from the ice since 1995, monitored by aviation enthusiast Hordur Geirsson.
The BBC also has links to previous stories on the glacier and on the recovery of the bodies of the airmen
This story reminds me of the unearthing of bodies buried in the permafrost in the search for clues to the pandemic of 1918.
