The remains of an Antarctic researcher have been discovered by a Polish team among rocks exposed by a receding glacier in Antarctica. They are identified by DNA as those of Dennis ‘Tink’ Bell, a 25 year-old meteorologist who was working for the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS), the predecessor of the British Antarctic Survey (BAS). He died in a crevasse on a glacier at Admiralty Bay on King George Island, situated off the Antarctic Peninsula on 26 July 1959. His body was never recovered.
  • Em Adespoton@lemmy.ca
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    2 days ago

    That took me a few parsings. At first I thought they meant a researcher had continued working around the glacier for 66 years, unaware that the world had moved on.

      • antler@feddit.onlineEnglish
        4·
        1 day ago

        And a much clearer version only needs two more words:

        Remains of Antarctic researcher, who worked for Falklands’ Dependency 66 years ago, found in receding glacier

        I agree that it was a good article, though. Editors must have to take a class in headline obstruction.

        Edit: maybe I’m wrong; there are many better headlines about this story. The one OP found is uniquely bad:

        • Remains of British researcher lost in 1959 recovered from Antarctic glacier
        • Melting ice reveals remains of Antarctic researcher who vanished 66 years ago
        • Body of Antarctic researcher found 66 years after he disappeared exploring glacier
        • Remains of U.K. researcher who vanished in 1959 found on Antarctic glacier: “Shocked and amazed”
        • Remains of a Lost Antarctic Researcher Are Finally Recovered, 66 Years After He Fell Into a Crevasse
        • After 66 Years, Melting Glacier Releases Antarctic Researcher’s Remains
        • Lost researcher’s remains found on Antarctic glacier after 66 years
        • Remains Of Antarctic Researcher Lost During 1959 Expedition Found After 65 Years