India, Aug. 12 -- A 25-year-old British man who died in an accident in Antarctica in 1959 has been found 65 years later inside a melting glacier. The man, identified as Dennis Bell, had fallen into a crevasse while working for what is now known as the British Antarctic Survey.

His remains were found next to a radio, a wristwatch and a pipe by a Polish Antarctic expedition in January. The discovery came as a shock to his family, including his brother, who had given up on ever finding his brother.

"I had long given up on finding my brother. It is just remarkable, astonishing. I can't get over it," David Bell, 86, told BBC News.

Professor Dame Jane Francis, director of the British Antarctic Survey, praised Bell as a brave member of the An...