Due to global warming permafrost recedes and areas of land that were previously under a layer of ice are exposed. This happens everywhere, and Naryan-Mar is no exception. In June 2020, an event took place here that still raises more questions than it answers.
In the thawed territories, local residents discovered a strange soil, unusual for these lands. It consisted of a high content of humus and black soil.
The very fact that there was such a quantity of soil here speaks of a serious mudflow. Experts who arrived at the discovery site found that 7-8 thousand years ago there was a riverbed here. Probably, the water artery itself was even older, since the permafrost had been advancing for tens of thousands of years.
But that’s not the most interesting part of this story.
Among the black earth heap, scientists discovered the remains of an ancient boat or a small ship. The length of the find exceeded 10 meters. The vessel consisted of wooden parts fastened with iron nails, which immediately caused bewilderment among the researchers.
The
fact is that the navigable river was at least 18-20 thousand years ago,
when the permafrost had not yet completely bound these lands. But in
those distant times, no one could create iron nails. And the boats
themselves too....<<<Read More>>>...
