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50,000 frozen Alaskan artifacts preserved


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University of Aberdeen team saves 50,000 frozen Alaskan artifacts

The team has spent more than seven years recovering and preserving the objects at Nunalleq. They faced a race against the clock in the face of melting ice to save the frozen artifacts. Once removed from the earth, they began to deteriorate quickly so the team had to act quickly. The collection is thought to be one of the largest of its kind from a single site in Alaska.

Read more: BBC News

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1 hour ago, skliss said:

Wish they had more pictures. : )

I've looked and there's not much in the way of more pictures unfortunately.

This article has a few more photos, including one of the actual site, but still not much in the way of a comprehensive look at the artifacts. Take a close look at the expressions on the various carvings. They range from happy to sad to shocked. Really quite interesting.

 

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Absolutely! Thanks for going the extra mile and finding more. I think it's fascinating that man...no matter what time period or how primitive... found a need within to express themselves. And I love seeing all the various ways they did tbat.

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