The remains of a British man who died in a tragic accident in Antarctica in 1959 have been found in a melting glacier.
The bones were discovered in January by Polish Antarctic explorers, along with a wristwatch, a radio and a pipe.
He has now been named as Dennis "Tink" Bell, who fell into a crevasse at the age of 25 whilst working for the organisation that became the British Antarctic Survey.
His brother, David Bell, 86, told the BBC: "I had long given up on finding my brother. It is just remarkable, astonishing. I can't get over it.”
Professor Dame Jane Francis, director of the British Antarctic Survey said: "Dennis was one of the many brave personnel who contributed to the early science and exploration of Antarctica under extraordinarily harsh conditions.
"Even though he was lost in 1959, his memory lived on among colleagues and in the legacy of polar research," she said.
Dennis Bell, known as "Tink", was born in 1934. He worked with the RAF and trained as a meteorologist, before joining the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey to work in Antarctica.
David recalls fond memories of his brother: "Dennis was fantastic company. He was very amusing. The life and soul of wherever he happened to be.”
Dennis was based in Admiralty Bay, a small UK station with 12 men on King George Island, roughly 120 kilometres (75 miles) off the northern coast of the Antarctic Peninsula for two years.
The tragic accident that took his life happened on a surveying trip just weeks after his 25th birthday.
