The British man, who perished in the ice southern pole, found 65 years later

Georgina Ranard

Climate and Science correspondent

David belly photo of Sepia of a man wearing a fur hat looks at an office. He has ice in his beard and mustache. He holds a magnifying cup and looks at the leaves, while carrying a pencil in his hand. Gas lamp in the office. The image gives the impression of a dangerous work in freezing conditions. — Dennis Bell was on a two -year mission in Antarctica

The bones of a British man who died in a terrible accident were discovered in the Antarctica in 1959 in the Dhuban River.

The remains were found in January by a Polish southern pole mission, along with a wrist, radio, and tube.

He was now officially identified as Dennis “Tink”, who fell into the 25 -year -old Crevasse when working in the organization that has become the British survey in Antarctica.

“I have long surrendered to find my brother. It’s great and amazing. I cannot overcome it,” David Bell, 86, told BBC News.

Dennis Bell in 1959 at the Bay of the Princess – was known for his love for the corticultural dogs

The British Antarctic wiped a black and white image of a man (Dennis Bell) wearing a white shirt, dark hair and dark beard, carrying a small dog from the hoarse with his face next to him. Another man and a partially visible dog, and they are inside the cabin. It gives the feeling of men who enjoy inside the cabin. — Dennis Bell in 1959 at the Bay of the Princess – was known for his love for the corticultural dogs

“Dennis was one of the many employees who contributed to science and exploration on the early Antarctica under very harsh conditions,” says Professor Dam Jin Francis, Director of the British Survey in the Antarctic.

“Despite lost in 1959, his memory lived among colleagues and in the legacy of polar research.”

The bones were found on Maurin and the surface of the ice environment, on the western beach of

Dariusz Puczko image of a large black ice river and brown on its surface. It melts and at the forefront, it has deposited large black rocks, called Mourin. It looks like an isolated and harsh environment. — The bones were found on Maurin and the surface of the ice environment, on the western beach of

David was the one who answered the door at his family’s house in Haru, London, in July 1959.

“I am sorry for you, but this is bad news.” He ascended to the upper floor to tell his parents.

“It was a horrific moment.”

He talks to me from his home in Australia and sits next to his wife, iPhone. David is smiling as stories from his childhood in the 1940s.

It is the memories of a younger brother, I like a young, charming and adventurous brother.

“Dennis was a great company. It was very entertaining. Life and spirit wherever he was,” says David.

David Bell, 86, spoke to BBC News from his home in Australia

A man with white hair smiling as he looks at the camera. He sits on a sofa with a red and white plate in the background. — David Bell, 86, spoke to BBC News from his home in Australia

He says: “I still cannot overcome this, but in one evening, my mother and I and my father returned to the house from the cinema,” he says.

He says: “I must say this in fairness to Dennis, as he put a newspaper on the kitchen table, but moreover, he had dismantled a motor motor and everything was on the table.”

“I can remember his dress in the dress, and he was always wearing coarse cloth coats. It was just an average type of colleagues who enjoyed life.”

Dennis Bell at the far right of the image, and celebrates Christmas on the Antarctica in 1958 – seven months before his death

D. Bell is a black and white photo of five men wearing festive clothes at the Christmas party. One of them carries the accordion, and there are dinner remains and drinks on the table behind them. — Dennis Bell at the far right of the image, and celebrates Christmas on the Antarctica in 1958 – seven months before his death

Dennis Bell, who was called “Tenk”, was born in 1934. He worked with the British Royal Air Force and training him as a meteorological specialist, before joining the dependency of the Falkland Islands to work in Antarctica.

“He was obsessed with Scott’s notes,” David says, referring to Captain Robert Scott, who discovered the Antarctic and died on a journey in 1912.

Dennis went to Antarctica in 1958. He was stationed on a two -year mission in the Gulf of Elyworthy, a small base in the United Kingdom with about 12 men on King George Island, which has an area of about 120 km (75 miles) off the northern coast of the South Pole.

Men at Al Qaeda relied on King George Island on skies and dogs to wrap around the harsh terrain

Tomson contacted two men standing on the snow in front of a single -storey hut. They wear clothes for conditions without scratch, including hats and shoes. They stand in front of a great crowding. — Men at Al Qaeda relied on King George Island on skies and dogs to wrap around the harsh terrain

The British survey in Antarctica maintains accurate records, and its reserved specialist, Aww Hopkins, has removed detailed camp reports on Dennis’s work and its strange and isolated island.

“He is cheerful and persistent, with a harmful feeling of humor and preaching practical jokes,” says Mr. Hopkins.

Dennis Bell (on the left) was known for the spirit

Tomson sent a man wearing a suit and Rami hat on the ice, while another man wears a suit and scarf standing on the sky on the ice. — Dennis Bell (on the left) was known for the spirit

Dennis’s job was to send meteorological and radio weather balloons to the United Kingdom every three hours, which included the launch of a generator in no zero conditions.

Described as the best cook in the cottage, he was responsible for the food store during the winter when no supplies could reach them.

Antarctica felt more cut than it is today, with a very limited contact with the house. David recalls the Christmas message in BBC Studios with his parents and sister Valerie to send to his brother.

He is famous for his love for the cortical dogs used to withdraw skis around the island, and to raise players from dogs.

Dennis Bell, on the left, with dogs at the Bay of Amaliya in 1959

British Antarctic wiped a black and white image of three men carrying large hoarse dogs. — Dennis Bell, on the left, with dogs at the Bay of Amaliya in 1959

He also participated in the King George Island to produce some of the first maps of the place that is not largely explored.

On a journey, the accident occurred, a few weeks after his twenty -fifth birthday.

On July 26, 1958, in the deep winter in Antarctica, Dennis and a man named Jeff Stokes left the base to climb and wipe the ice river.

The novels in the British Southern Pole’s survey records explain what happened next and desperate attempts to save him.

Snow was deep and dogs began to show signs of fatigue. Dennis came alone to encourage them, but he was not wearing his crawles. Suddenly he disappeared in a slit, leaving a hole behind him.

According to the accounts, Jeff Stox was required in the depths, and Dennis was able to scream. Hold a rope that was downloaded. The dogs pulled on the rope and Dennis was raised on the slice of the hole.

But he tied the rope to his belt, perhaps because of the angle in which he lying. When he reached the lip, break the belt and fell again. His friend called again, but this time Dennis did not respond.

“This is a story that I will never overcome,” says David.

Basic camp reports on the accident resemble business.

“We heard from Jeff […] That Tenk yesterday fell on a plate and killed. We hope to return tomorrow, allowing marine ice, “continues.

Mr. Hopkins explains that another man, Alan Sharman, died weeks ago, and the morale was very low.

The report says on the day after the accident:

When reading reports again, Mr. Hopkins discovered that earlier this season, Dennis was the one who made the coffin for Alan Sherman.

Dennis Bell (left) and Jeff Stokes (right) were photographed before the accident. Jeff Stokes died five weeks before hearing news that Dennis’s remains had been found.

Two men who wore suits on the camera — Dennis Bell (left) and Jeff Stokes (right) were photographed before the accident. Jeff Stokes died five weeks before hearing news that Dennis’s remains had been found.

“My mother never gave up. I couldn’t deal with pictures of him and could not talk about him,” says David.

He recalls that two men at the base of Dennis visited the family and brought the skin of the sheep as a gesture.

“But there was no conclusion. There was no service; there was nothing. Just Dennis went,” says David.

Dennis Bell died near Point Thomas in the Gulf

A British survey in Antarctica a map showing King George Island in Antarreta, and a second map showing the details of King George I Island, Princess Pay — Dennis Bell died near Point Thomas in the Gulf

About 15 years ago, David was contacted by Rod Rhys Jones, the British TRUST president in Antarctica.

Since 1944, 29 people working in British Antarctica have died in scientific missions, according to the Fund.

Road was organizing a journey for some 29 relatives to see the amazing and far place, where their loved ones lived and tied.

David joined the campaign, called south 2015.

He says: “The captain stopped at the sites and gave four or five voices of sirens,” he says.

The marine ice was very thick so that David did not reach his brother’s hut on King George Island.

“But it was very influential. He raised the pressure, weighing my head, as it was,” he says.

He gave him a feeling of closure.

“I thought that would be,” he says.

Dariusz Puczko Long Long -floor Yellow Building at the foot of the snow -covered mountains. There is a blue sky behind it and the moon is visible. — Scientists have found the remains

But on January 29 this year, a team of Polish researchers working from the Polish Henrik Station in the Antar Pole stuck to the southern pole through something practical on their doorstep.

Dennis has been found.

Some of the bones were in loose ice and rocks deposited at the foot of the ice environment on King George Island. Others are found on the surface of the iceberg.

Scientists explain that fresh snowfall was imminent, and that they put a GPS sign so that their “polar colleague” is not lost again.

The researchers at the Polish Henrik Station at the University of Antarctica carefully recorded the remains

Dariusz Puczko is a person wearing a colored woolen hat and outdoor clothes on an ice surface indicating a large camera in some rocks, with elements around it to give a feeling of celebrating a position. — The researchers at the Polish Henrik Station at the University of Antarctica carefully recorded the remains

A team of scientists consisting of Piotr Ketel, Bulina Boruka, Artur Gintre of Ludes University and Darius Boustco at the Polish Academy of Sciences and his colleague researcher Artur Adalc she saved the remains carefully on four trips.

It is a dangerous and unstable place, “intersecting with cracks”, and with slopes of up to 45 degrees, according to the Polish team.

Climate change causes dramatic changes in many glaciers in Antarctica, including the ice environment, which is subject to severe soluble.

“The place where Dennis was not the same place was lost,” the team explains.

They say: “The ice rivers, under the influence of gravity, moved their mass from ice, and with them, Dennis made his journey.”

Sentences were also collected from bamboo ski columns, oil lamp resotes, glass containers for cosmetics, and fragments of military tents.

“Every effort has been made to ensure that Dennis returns home,” the team says.

“It is an opportunity to reassess the contribution made by these men, and an opportunity to enhance science and what we have done in the Antarctic for many decades,” adds.