Ice Stories: Dispatches From Polar Scientists » Laura Thomas http://icestories.exploratorium.edu/dispatches Mon, 15 Nov 2010 20:40:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Excavating Ancient Burials http://icestories.exploratorium.edu/dispatches/excavating-ancient-burials/ http://icestories.exploratorium.edu/dispatches/excavating-ancient-burials/#comments Tue, 01 Jul 2008 18:48:56 +0000 Laura Thomas http://icestories.exploratorium.edu/dispatches/?p=413 BARROW, ALASKA– Our crew weathered a cold rainy day in the Arctic to excavate two ancient burials at the Nuvuk site on Point Barrow. Though human remains cannot be filmed, worked bone, netting stones and other remnants can be seen.

To date, we have found 12 burials this season.



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