In August 2019, we got a heads-up about the site where Reidar Marstein found the Viking Age arrow. The ice patches at Reidar's site were melting a lot. A hiker had found a second arrow on the site – and what an arrow! The preservation of this 1500-year-old arrow is stunning❤️ Tweet added by Secrets Of The Ice @brearkeologi

Secrets Of The Ice

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In August 2019, we got a heads-up about the site where Reidar Marstein found the Viking Age arrow. The ice patches at Reidar's site were melting a lot. A hiker had found a second arrow on the site – and what an arrow! The preservation of this 1500-year-old arrow is stunning❤️

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@brearkeologi

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The sinew was still wrapped tightly around the front of the shaft.

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@brearkeologi

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The fletching was partly preserved! We needed to get to the site on the double. More arrows might have melted out into the open. The clock was ticking.

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This place is broken

@MackenzieTattoo

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@brearkeologi Is this the only good thing to come from global warming? Fascinating.

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@brearkeologi

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@MackenzieTattoo It is a tiny silver lining, as one of our US colleagues once said.

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