The arrow has a quartzite arrowhead on a birch shaft.
(Photo:Espen Finstad/Secrets of the Ice)
Climate change is impacting temperatures around the world.
Collapsing ice shelfs and melting glaciers regularly make the news as indicia of a warming planet and shifting ecosystems.
The arrow has a quartzite arrowhead on a birch shaft. (Photo:Espen Finstad/Secrets of the Ice)
The glaciers of Norway have yielded particularly interesting finds from past inhabitants of the region.
Luckily, the Bronze Age arrow, dating to about 3,000 years ago, was discovered in time.
Such delicate materials have been frozen preserved under the ice since they were dropped millennia ago.
Even a feather remains preserved! (Photo:Espen Finstad/Secrets of the Ice)
The weapon also has an arrowhead of quartzite stone, cut into a point and covered in organic pitch.
Likely lost on an ancient hunt, the arrow is remarkable for its amazing preservation.
This 3,000-year-old arrow has been well preserved for millennia by glaciers.
Even a feather remains preserved!
