A melting glacier has pulled back the veil on a prehistoric whale graveyard in Russia.

Scientists at Russia’s Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute (AARI) recently found the gathering of whale skeletons on Wilczek Island in the Franz Josef Land archipelago, northern Russia, during the study of the region’s permafrost.

"Having compared the current position of the glacier with satellite imagery, we came to the conclusion that in less than 20 years, the island's ice cap split into two parts, exposing a surface area of several square kilometers. A large number of whale bones were found on the marine terrace that emerged from under the glacier," Nikita Demidov, a researcher at the AARI, said in a statement . More researchers study the remains on Wilczek Island in the Franz Josef Land ar

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