Reidar standing at the border of ane of our H2O ice patches inward northeast Jotunheimen.
Photo: Espen Finstad, secretsoftheice.com.
One fellow member of the Secrets of the Ice squad is non a professional person archaeologist. Reidar Marstein is a hobby archeologist from Lom. Why is he a center fellow member of the team? Well, at that spot are a set out of reasons for that, but the brain argue is that without him, glacier archeology hither inward Oppland would convey looked real different.
In the early on 2000’s, Reidar noticed that the H2O ice patches inward the northeastern business office of the Jotunheimen Mountains were getting smaller. He idea at that spot was a lead a opportunity that artifacts could emerge from the melting ice. Reidar explains what happened next:
“2006 was a exceptional twelvemonth for H2O ice patches as well as glaciers inward our high mountains. The summertime was warm, as well as tumble continued amongst high temperatures into October. We had never witnessed a melt similar that. The H2O ice patches as well as glaciers were smaller than nosotros had e'er seen before.
I hiked upwards to the H2O ice patches every calendar week this autumn. It was my take in on September 17 that became the greatest adventure. I started early on inward the morn as well as reached the Langfonne H2O ice piece some nine am. It was unbelievable how much the H2O ice piece had melted merely during the final week. With groovy excitement, I started my survey some the ice. It had to convey been a long fourth dimension since the final human laid upwards human foot here.
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