[SunkenCiv]

https://www.youtube.com/@sciencechannel/videos

https://www.youtube.com/@sciencechannel/search?query=secrets%20in%20the%20ice

[weezel]

My 2nd cousin was a WWII soldier, he saw a man shot down in battle somewhere and he was not found due to heavy snowfall, so Graydon told them he could take them to the body. He did, and when they uncovered the frozen body they put the dead man in the back of the canvas covered truck and told Graydon to ride back there with it. He said it was so cold he thought he would die too, and the dead man had an arm frozen stiff sticking out. He said the body tried to roll over time after time as the drove the dirt trail out of there, it would roll over on that frozen arm and flip up as it went. Graydon said he finally slid the man over and slid his arm under the bench seat on one side of the truck where troops would generally ride and by doing so got the body stopped from flipping up and down on that frozen arm.

[Gaffer]

I’m sure the climbers had good intentions with their actions but this was on a glacier (Mendel) in the US. Once they disturbed enough of the remains to give them the knowledge it was a US Servicemember, they should have left them alone and notified the US military.

[granite]

It turned out that the military hadn't been entirely forthcoming about the burial...

[1Old Pro]

When the crash was discovered, no bodies were found to bury. 8:10 · But the military thought it'd be easier on the families if they had a grave, if they had 8:14 · a place to visit. 8:17 · And so they told them that the bodies were found, but just not identifiable. 8:21 · And they staged a mock burial in that grave.

So the military lied to parents.