Dennis “Tink” Bell was 25 years old when he fell into a crevasse on King George Island. Over the decades, a glacier receded, and a scientific team from Poland found his remains this year.

British meteorologist Dennis “Tink” Bell was on a surveying mission when he fell through a crevasse. Dennis Bell (left) with his fellow colleagues and the dogs that helped them to work in Antarctica. The photo was taken midwinter 1959 at Admiralty Bay Base. CREDIT: Unknown/Supplied by British Antarctic Survey.

Bone fragments were transported to the Falkland Islands aboard the BAS Royal Research Ship Sir David Attenborough