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Confirmed: Avalanche is likeliest explanation for tragic Dyatlov Pass incident

Enlarge / A view of the tent as the rescuers found it on February 26, 1959. The tent had been cut open from inside, and most of the skiers had fled in socks or barefoot. (credit: Public Domain) In February 1959, nine young Russian hikers perished during a cross-country skiing trek through the northern Ural […]

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9 Russian adventurers mysteriously froze to death—a new theory explains why

Enlarge / A view of the tent the adventurers stayed in as the rescuers found it on Feb. 26, 1959. The tent had been cut open from inside, and most of the skiers had fled in socks or barefoot. (credit: Anonymous | USSR investigators) By the time the rescue team helicoptered to the remote Dyatlov […]