Frozen Secrets Unveiled: Lost British Researcher’s Remains Discovered After 66 Years Beneath Antarctic Ice
“When my sister Valerie and I were notified that our brother Dennis had been found after 66 years, we were shocked and amazed,” David Bell said in response to the news. “The British Antarctic Survey and British Antarctic Monument Trust have been a tremendous support and together with the sensitivity of the Polish team in bringing him home have helped us come to terms with the tragic loss of our brilliant brother.”
Dennis Bell was just 25 when he disappeared and died. In Antarctica, his job as a meteorologist was to collect data from weather balloons and assist in surveys of the region. He was also known as the best cook at Admiralty Bay. To his brother David, though, Dennis was simply his “hero.”
David currently lives in Australia, but he will be making the trip back to England to help his sister Valerie finally put their sibling to rest.
“It’s wonderful; I’m going to meet my brother,” David said. “You might say we shouldn’t be thrilled, but we are. He’s been found — he’s come home now.”
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