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Wallet lost in Antarctica in the 1960s returned to California man Paul Grisham five decades later
US man Paul Grisham’s wallet was missing for so long at the bottom of the world he forgot all about it.
Key points:
- The wallet was found in 2014 during the demolition of a building on Antarctica’s Ross Island
- Finding its owner took emails, Facebook messages and letters exchanged among a group of amateur sleuths
- The wallet contained Paul Grisham’s old Navy ID, drivers licence and a reference card on what to do during atomic, biological and chemical attacks, among other things
Fifty-three years later, the 91-year-old from San Diego has the billfold back, along with mementos of his 13-month assignment as a Navy meteorologist in Antarctica in the 1960s.
“I was just blown away,” Mr Grisham told The San Diego Union-Tribune after the wallet was…
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