Do glaciers contain human bodies?
Deciphering the Origin, Travels of “Iceman” John Roach – for National Geographic News – October 30, 2003 A 46-year-old man entombed by a “glacier” about 5,200 years ago high in the mountains that border Austria and Italy probably spent his entire life within a 37-mile (60-kilometer) range south of where he came to his final rest, according to a new study. Two German hikers found the “Iceman,” also known as Otzi, in the Otzal Alps on September 19, 1991. He is heralded as the world’s oldest and best preserved mummy. Since the Iceman discovery, scientists have labored to piece together his life history. http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2003/10/1030_031030_icemanorigins.html Otzi The Iceman Otzi the Iceman (also spelled Oetzi and known also as Frozen Fritz) is the modern nickname of a well-preserved natural mummy of a man from about 3300 BC, found in 1991 in a glacier of the Otztal Alps, near the border between Austria and Italy. The nickname comes from the valley of discovery. He r
