Tue. 02/02 - How Frozen Helped Solve the Dyatlov Pass Mystery

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How a 1970s seat belt crash test and the animated movie Frozen helped potentially solve the 62-year-old Dyatlov Pass mystery. A fascinating correction to something I said yesterday about Langston Hughes. And remembering Captain Sir Tom Moore.

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Links:

Has science solved one of history’s greatest adventure mysteries? (National Geographic)
9 Russian Adventurers Mysteriously Froze to Death. A New Theory Explains Why (Wired)
Langston Hughes Just Got a Year Older (New York Times)
Captain Sir Tom Moore dies aged 100 after contracting coronavirus and pneumonia (Sky News)
You'll Never Walk Alone - Captain Tom Moore, Michael Ball & The NHS Voices of Care Choir (Decca Records, YouTube)
05/20 episode featuring Captain Sir Tom Moore (Kottke Ride Home)
Home Movie: The Princess Bride (Kottke)
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