Hunters Find Striking Viking Sword Isolated at High Altitude in Norway.The pass was extensively utilized by Vikings and medieval travelers, between 3 AD. In Norway’s Jotunheim Mountains lies the Lendbreen ice patch, 200 miles (322 kilometers) northwest of Oslo, once a vital pass for Viking Age traffic, long before the era of roads. The glacial archaeologists, under the tutelage of Espen Finstad, have been at it for 15 years, realizing the immense potential the combination of melting ice and the preservation of objects in snow present together.
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(Espen Finstad / Secrets of the Ice ) Lendbreen Ice Patch Gifts: Roman Era Sandals, Oldest Ski The Horse ice patch in Norway, part of the Lendbreen ice patch, where the Roman era sandal was recently found. It might be a controversial statement, but despite the havoc that global warming and climate change are wreaking on the world’s ice cover, there is one community of people benefiting from this – historians! Norwegian archaeological group, Secrets of the Ice, which has been busy at work in the mountains of Norway to rescue artifacts and archaeological finds revealed by melting glaciers and ice patches have added another find to their ever-growing kitty – a pair of Roman era sandals buried deep in the snow in the middle of a dangerous mountain pass, reports Arkeonews.