If you think winter lasted the longest in Game Of Thrones, we would like to remind you that it stands nowhere when compared to the real world and its chilling ice ages. So far, there are 5 registered ice ages that our planet has undergone over the past 4.6 billion years, ever since it was born.
Once frozen, an object can last for thousands of years far from the damage. Ice’s tendency to hold on to anything and everything that’s inside it safely has always amused the scientists. As humans are able to make their way to each and every corner of this planet, researchers have discovered some of the strangest things to be ever frozen inside the ice. Get ready to be thrilled when you see the mysterious secrets that are trapped inside the ice.

Frozen Lighthouse

Let’s start with a recent picture of Michigan where a lighthouse, on a riverside donned a haunting look due to the chilled weather. Structures start to look entirely different when covered with snow. Even the greatest of man-made structures stand still and helplessly when nature plays its extreme games.

A Frozen Bottle

In 2013, a 60-year-old warning was discovered in the form of this letter by two researchers. In 1959, Paul T. Walker proved his point that the glaciers were melting at a rapid speed and to prove this fact he kept this note in a bottle and buried it under a couple of rocks. The letter asked anyone who find the bottle to measure the distance between the edge of the glacier and the bottle. The researchers followed the letter’s instructions and it was more than 200 feet. Hence proved, Mr. Paul was indeed correct.

Planes On Ice

Scientists unearthed a crashed technology that was declared to be lost by the agencies. In 1952, a military plane took off but never landed to its destined location, ie, Anchorage, Alaska. The plane crashed into a glacier nearby killing all the 41 passengers and 11 crew members. For over 50 years, no one was able to extract any of the remains of the wreckage due to the glacier until recently when the glacier started to melt.

Copper Arrowhead

You must be thinking what is so special about a copper arrowhead found in an ice patch. So, here it is. scientist always had doubts if the humans of that age were aware of metallurgy or not. And this finding cleared all the doubts. They did not just understood metallurgy but also implied it to make hunting efficient. In fact, the style in which this arrowhead was pointed made it look like a fishhook. This meant that the old generations were smart enough and knew their way around with metals.

Vikingsa piece of wood being held up by a man

In Juvfonna, Norway, scientists have found the proofs for the existence of the Vikings. They found 3,400 years old Viking gear trapped inside the glaciers. Most of these are reindeer-manufactured gear, sticks, bows, arrows, and several leather parts of shoes. They made some fascinating discoveries such as reindeer traps made of captive sticks that made noise when shaken. This noise might have helped to round the reindeers into a small group to capture. That’s some smart work ahead of their age.