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Who was Dennis Bell as British researcher found frozen in Antarctica after 65 years
The body of a missing Brit has been discovered in the ice of Antarctica, 65 years after he disappeared. The remains of Dennis 'Tink' Bell were found in a melting glacier, where he had been frozen since 1959. Discovered in January by a Polish...

'Shocked and amazed': remains of British researcher found in a glacier, 60 years after he died
11 August 2025, 09:33 | Updated: 11 August 2025, 14:02 The remains of a British researcher have been recovered from a glacier in Antarctica, more than 60 years after a scientific expedition went badly wrong. In 1959, Dennis "Tink" Bell was working...
Remains of researcher who vanished in 1959 found on Antarctic glacier
The remains of a British researcher who vanished in 1959 in Antarctica when he was 25 years old were discovered amid rocks near a receding glacier and identified using DNA analysis, the British Antarctic Survey said Monday. Dennis "Tink" Bell had...

'Shocked and amazed': remains of British researcher found in a glacier
The remains of a British researcher have been recovered from a glacier in Antarctica, more than 60 years after a scientific expedition went badly wrong. In 1959, Dennis "Tink" Bell was working for the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS),...

Remains of researcher who vanished in 1959 found on Antarctic glacier
The remains of a British researcher who vanished in 1959 in Antarctica when he was 25 years old were discovered amid rocks near a receding glacier and identified using DNA analysis, the British Antarctic Survey said Monday. Dennis "Tink" Bell had...

Remains of British researcher lost in Antarctica are FOUND after 66 years: DNA analysis confirms body under glacier belongs to Dennis 'Tink' Bell
On July 26, 1959, Dennis 'Tink' Bell, a 25 year-old British adventurer, set off on a survey expedition off the Antarctic Peninsula. The Londoner, a radio operator and meteorologist, was conducting survey work with a colleague at Ecology Glacier, a...

Remains of British researcher who died in Antarctica found 66 years later
The remains of a British meteorologist who died in Antarctica around 66 years ago have been discovered in a melting glacier, the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) has said. Dennis “Tink” Bell, 25, died after falling down a crevasse on a glacier at...

The elusive contract: why a 68-year-old Briton keeps knocking on the doors of Ukrainian army recruitment centres
In the spring of 1982, forces from the British Army’s Royal Marines set off for the Falkland Islands to fight the Argentinians. The Battle of Two Sisters was one of the defining engagements of the ten-week-long war. Among the troops who took part...

Livestream of deep sea creatures transfixes Argentina and sparks calls for refunding science
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina -- Transparent-faced fish drift through dusky waters. Snowlike flecks of dead plants sift down from the world above. Soft sponges peek through the soot of the seafloor. Only occasional mutters among marine biologists break...

A livestream of deep-sea creatures sparks calls for refunding science
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina, Aug 5, (AP): Transparent-faced fish drift through dusky waters. Snowlike flecks of dead plants sift down from the world above. Soft sponges peek through the soot of the seafloor. Only occasional mutters among marine...

Viral livestream of Argentina’s deep-sea creatures stirs pride and protest over science cuts
By ISABEL DEBRE and VICTOR R. CAVIANO with AP Published on 06/08/2025 - 8:00 GMT+2 Transparent-faced fish drift through dusky waters. Snow-like flecks of dead plants sift down from the world above. Soft sponges peek through the soot of...

Russia’s devastating attack on Kyiv proves Trump’s Ukraine peace plans have failed. It is time for Europe to show leadership
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...

SMALL CAP MOVERS: Rockhopper seeks $140m for Falkland's offshore oil production push
Great Scott! Is it 2012 again, or did I just hit 88 miles per hour in a DeLorean? This week’s news jolted Team Proactive straight back to the past. Rockhopper Exploration, that blast-from-the-past Falklands oil explorer, is launching an equity...

Transformed St Helena veteran vessel will be visiting Falklands in 2026/2027
Thursday, July 31st 2025 - 21:26 UTC RMS St Helena when she was in full operations transporting passengers and cargo between the island in mid-Atlantic and South Africa. Falkland Islands residents, originally from the island of St. Helena, most...

The Falkland Islands Wolf: The Tragic Tale Of The First Known Canid Humans Drove To Extinction
If people were to know anything about the animals of the Falkland Islands, it’d be likely to be the fact that there are a lot of sheep – but there never used to be. Before the arrival of European settlers in the late 1700s, there was only one land...

What happened to Spurgeon’s College?
Just as students across the UK are beginning the fall term, 169-year Spurgeon’s College in London has closed its doors for good. According to a statement by the school, the unexpected closure of Europe’s largest Baptist college on July 31 came as...

Aurora Expeditions’ Greg Mortimer Ship Review
The Greg Mortimer holds a special place in the world of expedition cruising. When it launched in 2019 it wasn’t just another polar ship — it was the first passenger vessel built with the groundbreaking Ulstein X-BOW®. That single innovation...

How US gun culture stacks up with the world
Minneapolis. Kansas City. Lewiston. Monterey Park. Orlando. Las Vegas. Newtown. Parkland. San Bernardino. Uvalde. Nashville. Louisville. Ubiquitous gun violence in the United States has left few places unscathed over the decades. Still, many...

Hull Fishing History: Nick the Cook
This is the tale of two brothers. Nick made his living trawling out of Hull. And Mac died aboard a trawler after only a couple of trips. Their story shows that the paths we choose in life can lead in unexpected directions. Although the Jamaican...

Major General Brian Pennicott obituary: Royal Artillery officer
Wars seldom end tidily. Even surrender takes negotiation. To his surprise, in June 1982, Colonel Brian Pennicott found himself a last-minute witness to the Argentine capitulation in the Falklands conflict. The process had begun a week earlier, but...