1667237724 In Canada 85 years later a researchers cameras were discovered

In Canada, 85 years later, a researcher’s cameras were discovered in a glacier

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Researchers discovered abandoned equipment belonging to famous American photographer Bradford Washburn in 1937 (illustrative photo: a glacier on Ellesmere Island, Canada, photographed in March). MARIO TAMA/Getty Images via AFP Explorers discovered abandoned equipment owned by famed American photographer Bradford Washburn in 1937 (Image example: a glacier on Ellesmere Island, Canada, captured in March).

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Researchers discovered abandoned equipment belonging to famous American photographer Bradford Washburn in 1937 (illustrative photo: a glacier on Ellesmere Island, Canada, photographed in March).

EXPLORATION – An incredible treasure hunt on a Canadian glacier. After several months of searching, an international team of mountain explorers discovered cameras and climbing gear left behind by famous American explorer and photographer Bradford Washburn in 1937.

Last spring, “athletes embarked on an unprecedented mission: to find an incredible piece of history,” government agency Parks Canada said in a message posted to Facebook on Friday, Oct. 28.

The team from Teton Gravity Research, a company specializing in the production of extreme sports videos, traveled to Kluane Park in the Yukon. There they found the hiding place of Bradford Washburn’s cameras and climbing gear that had been trapped in the ice for the past century.

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Thirty years of unpublished data for glaciologists

Explorer and professional skier Griffin Post told People media that this treasure was spotted just an hour before a helicopter arrived. “That moment, when we indisputably saw their equipment, was so unreal (…)”, he enthused after months of “doubts” about the outcome of their mission.

“Buried in the ice since 1937, this cache contained three historical cameras with photos of what these mountains looked like 85 years ago,” Teton told Gravity Research on Facebook. The discovery could provide glaciologists with “unprecedented data on glacier movement” for 30 years, the company’s statement said.

In 1937 Bradford Washburn was on an expedition with three other climbers to attempt the ascent of Mount Lucania (5,226 meters), the third highest peak in Canada, which was then the highest peak ever climbed in North America. A mountaineer, photographer and cartographer, he was also director of the Boston Science Museum (Massachusetts), which he founded. He died in 2007.

Faced with extreme conditions on the descent, Bradford Washburn and another American mountaineer, Robert Bates, had to strip down their gear to the bare minimum. The material left behind along the way has become a treasure decades later.

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