<strong>Good as new: </strong>The DeVry "Lunchbox" motion picture camera was intact.
Good as new: The DeVry "Lunchbox" motion picture camera was intact.
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<strong>Fast mover: </strong>The Walsh Glacier had surged further and faster than the scientists' original predictions.
Fast mover: The Walsh Glacier had surged further and faster than the scientists' original predictions.
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<strong>Soft landing:</strong> The team flew onto the glacier as Washburn and Bates did 85 years earlier.
Soft landing: The team flew onto the glacier as Washburn and Bates did 85 years earlier.
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<strong>Mapped out: </strong>An 18-month preparation had pinpointed the area they thought the cache would be in.
Mapped out: An 18-month preparation had pinpointed the area they thought the cache would be in.
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<strong>White out: </strong>The team spent seven days and six nights searching the glacier.
White out: The team spent seven days and six nights searching the glacier.
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<strong>Right there: </strong>Once they located the stash, the items were easily visible.
Right there: Once they located the stash, the items were easily visible.
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<strong>Kodak moment: </strong>Post and his team compared aerial photos with the landscape to locate themselves.
Kodak moment: Post and his team compared aerial photos with the landscape to locate themselves.
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<strong>Grown apart: </strong>The items had been scattered "tens of meters" apart by the glacier's flow.
Grown apart: The items had been scattered "tens of meters" apart by the glacier's flow.
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<strong>Ice age: </strong>The stash included tarpaulins, tents, clothes -- and three cameras.
Ice age: The stash included tarpaulins, tents, clothes -- and three cameras.
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<strong>Broken up: </strong>Washburn's Fairchild F-8 aerial camera had been damaged by the glacier's movement. Its lens is pictured.
Broken up: Washburn's Fairchild F-8 aerial camera had been damaged by the glacier's movement. Its lens is pictured.
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