The Man Found In A Melting Glacier — And The DNA Test That Found 17 Living Relatives Centuries Later
He was a person of the Northwest Coast and subarctic interior — a world that the coastal Tlingit and the interior Champagne and Aishihik people shared through the complex networks of trade, marriage, and cultural exchange that the mountain passes facilitated.
He was clothed in a mix of coastal and interior garments.
He had salmon in his stomach.
He was crossing the glacier when he died.
The ice preserved him — his body, his clothing, his last meal — for several centuries.
When the glacier retreated far enough, his remains emerged and were found by hunters who recognized what they had found and reported it through channels that led to appropriate authorities.
The Champagne and Aishihik First Nations received him.
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