The body of the Antarctic meteorologist discovered, closing the family 66 years later

British Antarctic Survey announced that the remains of 25 -year -old meteorologist Dennis “Tink” Bell was found 66 years after his disappearance. Although Bell’s remains were found in January, they were only recently officially identified.

“I had long abandoned my brother. It’s just remarkable, surprising. I can’t get over it,” David Bell, Dennis’s brother, told the BBC News. The point of sale reported that David was the one who answered the door when the family received a telegraph informing them of the bad news, which he described as a “horrible moment”.

David also said to British Antarctic survey (Bas) that he and his sister, Valerie Kelly, were “shocked and amazed” to hear their brother’s remains were found decades after his fatal accident.

Dennis Bell (left) with his colleagues and the dogs who helped them work in Antarctica. Midwinter 1959 at the base of Admiralty Bay. (British Antarctic Survey)

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David and Valerie DNA samples helped Professor Denise Syndercombe Court, a judicial geneticist from King’s College in London, confirm that the remains were those of their brother. Both were “over a million times” more likely to be linked, depending on the basis.

After school, Bell joined the Royal Air Force for national service and formed as a radio operator before joining the Falkland Islands Dependence Survey (FIDS) as a meteorologist in 1958.

On July 26, 1959, Bell, as well as three other men and two dog sleds, decided to climb a glacier leading to an ice board, where they planned to conduct an investigation and geological work. The men separated into pairs with a bell accompanied by the surveyor Jeff Stokes, while the meteorologist Ken Gibson was with the geologist Colin Barton, from the bottom. The bottom noted that Bell and Stokes left about 30 minutes before Gibson and Barton.

The place where the remains of Dennis “Tink” Bell were found after 66 years. (Henryk Arctowski Polish Antarctic Station via British Antarctic Survey)

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While dogs were tired in deep and soft snow, Bell tried to motivate them by flowing in advance to urge them. However, from the bottom, he did it without his skis. It was at this point that he fell into a crevasse, an accident that led to his death and a search for his remains of several decades.

Stokes apparently called to Bell, who responded. He then lowered a rope and told Bell to bind him to himself. Tragically, Bell attached the rope to his belt and not to his body, according to the bottom, citing the book of Anthony Nelson, “of Ice and Men”. While the team was trying to put it in safety, his belt broke and Bell went down to the crevasse. This time, however, Bell did not respond.

Time worsened quickly after the fall of Bell, and although his colleagues risked their lives to save him, they could not do it. Gibson said that after about 12 hours, they found the site and realized “that there was no way that he could have survived”, from the bottom.

Dennis “Tink” Bell (on the far right) for Christmas at the base. (D. Bell via British Antarctic Survey)

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“Dennis was one of the many courageous personnel of the FIDs who contributed to the science and exploration of Antarctica under extraordinarily severe conditions. Even if he was lost in 1959, his memory lived among colleagues and the inheritance of polar research. This discovery puts the closure of a mystery of several Francis decade declared in a press release.

Bell’s remains were transported to the Falkland Islands on the Royal Bas Sir David Porteborough research vessel. They were then given to the coroner of His Majesty for the British territory of Antarctica, Malcolm Simmons, who accompanied them from Stanley in the Falkland Islands in London.