Body of Antarctic explorer found after 66 years after his disappearance

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The British Antarctic Survey announced that the remains of 25-year-old meteorologist Dennis “Tink” Bell were found 66 years after his disappearance. Although Bell’s remains were recovered in January, they were only recently formally identified.

“I had long given up on finding my brother. It is just remarkable, astonishing. I can’t get over it,” David Bell, Dennis’ brother, told BBC News. The outlet reported that David was the one to answer the door when the family received a telegraph informing them of the bad news, which he described as a “horrendous moment.”

David also told the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) that he and his sister, Valerie Kelly, were “shocked and amazed” to hear their brother’s remains were found decades after his fatal acc