6 of the most notable discoveries that have been revealed by melting ice
Two frozen bodies uncovered in the Swiss Alps this week are only the latest secret shrinking glaciers around the world have given up. Ice has entombed — and then returned — numerous objects over the years, ranging in size from dormant bacteria to warplane wreckage. The items are often perfectly preserved, as was the case with this week's glacial discovery: A couple who had gone out to the meadow outside their Swiss home to milk cows 75 years ago — and never came back. Cold, dark, and oxygen-starved, the depths of glaciers are equivalent to ...
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