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Find helps create a new, clearer picture for researchers on how glaciers have moved

KLUANE NATIONAL PARK AND RESERVE - A cache of equipment belonging to explorer Bradford Washburn, including three of his cameras, has been retrieved from a Yukon glacier after 85 years.

A cache of equipment belonging to explorer Bradford Washburn, including three of his cameras, has been retrieved from a Yukon glacier after 85 years.

In 1937, legendary mountaineers Bradford Washburn and Robert Bates were exploring in Canada's frigid Yukon region when they had to abandon their gear.

Find helps create a new, clearer picture for researchers on how glaciers have moved

Find helps create a new, clearer picture for researchers on how glaciers have moved

In 1937, Washburn left his cameras and gear behind while attempting to hike out of the Saint Elias Range. Almost a century later, freeskier Griffin Post set out to find the cache.

Equipment from a 1937 expedition in the Yukon territory of Canada left by Bradford Washburn was found this year in an expedition started by skier Griffin Post.

/PRNewswire/ -- Outdoor exploration media company Teton Gravity Research (TGR) announced today that a recent expedition, led by professional mountain explorer...

"At times I felt like a little kid. You're jumping over a crevasse, like looking for treasure essentially. Like this is wild I get to do this."