17 h. ago American teen is STILL trapped in Antarctica five weeks after 'illegal' charity flight to frozen continent

Ethan Guo, a 20-year-old influencer was attempting to become the youngest person to fly solo to all seven continents, when he landed at a remote Chilean military base on Antarctic territory in June.

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30 h. ago Who was Dennis Bell as British researcher found frozen in Antarctica after 65 years

Bell's remains were discovered in a melting glacier, where he had been frozen since 1959.

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47 h. ago Remains of British researcher who died in Antarctica found 66 years later

Dennis ‘Tink’ Bell, 25, died after falling down a crevasse on a glacier at Admiralty Bay on King George Island on July 26 1959.

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47 h. ago Remains of British man who died in Antarctica found in melting glacier 66 years later

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

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48 h. ago Antarctic glacier melt reveals remains of Briton who died in 1959 accident

Dennis ‘Tink’ Bell fell into a crevasse at the age of 25 while working for the Falkland Islands Dependencies SurveyThe remains of a British man who died in an accident in Antarctica 66 years ago have been discovered in a melting glacier alongside ski poles, a pipe and a watch.Dennis “Tink” Bell fell into a crev­asse in 1959 while working for the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (Fids), now the British Antarctic Survey (BAS), a few weeks after his 25th birthday. His body was not discovered until January, when a Polish team found bones near their base. Continue reading...

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49 h. ago Body of man who died in Antarctic glacier is found 65 years later

The remains of Dennis Bell, who fell into a crevasse aged 25 while working in Antarctica, have been found

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50 h. ago Remains of British researcher lost in Antarctica are FOUND after 66 years: DNA analysis confirms body under glacier belongs to Dennis 'Tink' Bell

Remains of Dennis 'Tink' Bell, a 25 year-old British adventurer, radio operator and meteorologist, have been found in the Ecology Glacier off the Antarctic Peninsula.

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7 d. ago A personal platypus: the strange tale of Winston Churchill’s ‘magnificently idiotic’ wartime request

The wartime British PM was due to receive a monotreme named after him but it mysteriously died en route. German submarines were blamed – but was that the truth?Sign up for a weekly email featuring our best readsThere is a photo – or at least a “fabled” photo – that would tie up a lot of loose ends in the strange story of Winston Churchill’s platypuses.Recent research has revived the tale of how the British prime minister asked Australia to send him a live monotreme at the height of the second world war. Sadly his namesake, Winston, died just two days before landing in England in 1943 in now disputed circumstances. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago UK's abandoned ghost station frozen in time that Brits queue to see

Once a critical site of polar research, this British base was abandoned for over half a century shortly after opening. Today, it has taken on a second life as a heritage site and tourist hotspot

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8 d. ago British men officially more polite than women, new research finds

Scientists say they have proved why fellas are friendlier than females - especially when it comes to work environments.

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3 w. ago Research reveals 79% of Scottish teens indulge in more junk food over summer

Fast food, endless scrolling, and viral snack trends are dominating British teens daily lives, research by Vitabiotics Wellteen Gummies, has revealed.

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3 w. ago Eight in 10 Brits are on mission to buy more British fruit and veg, research shows

A poll of 2,000 adults found Brits are in agreement that supermarkets should do more to prioritise British produce and said it is important to include homegrown vegetables and salad in their weekly shop

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4 w. ago Millions of people with a common allergy may not actually be allergic at all, first

British researchers who tested almost 1,000 patients with the allergy, found almost 90 per cent could actually safely use the drug.

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4 w. ago UK a ‘powder keg’ of social tensions a year on from summer riots, report warns

Research finds a third of people rarely meet anyone from a different backgroundThe UK is a “powder keg” of social tensions, with a third of people rarely meeting anyone from different backgrounds, research has found.A report from the thinktank British Future and the social cohesion group Belong Network found that a year on from last summer’s riots, there was a risk of unrest being reignited unless urgent action was taken to address issues of polarisation and division. Continue reading...

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