I head this on the radio today and immediately flashed to that Jeep (I think?) commercial talking about the comfort zones, and the two guys in front and the eskimo frozen in the block of ice in the back.
It is interesting to note that he was found still strapped into his parachute. I wonder if he survived the crash only to freeze to death on the mountain? :eek:
How would he (and it sounds like the plane, too, based on the story) end up encased in ice like that? Where would that much water come from? Or is it more a case of creep, with a little bit of ice building up at time?
zagloba is right-- he was probably quickly buried by snow. If the ice had only slowly enveloped him, he would have decayed.
Nor do I think it likely he lived after the crash to freeze to death. In that scenario, surely he would have taken his parachute out of the pack and wrapped himself in it for warmth.
Poor fella. I wonder if any of his family are still living?
He has skin, hair, teeth, a parachute, a sweater and flying underwear. No sign of dogtags yet. They say they’re going to have to thaw him reeeeeeal slow, then start searching for next-of-kin - if any. So it may be a long time before he pops up in the news again.