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Wallet found after man left it in Antartica – 50 years ago
There’s little to rival the faith in humanity one feels when a lost valuable – like a watch or a wallet – is returned.
Now, imagine that feeling amplified: You lost your wallet in Antarctica. Some 50-plus years ago. But one day, it turns up at your doorstep.
That’s what happened to Paul Grisham, a retired Navy meteorologist, who spent a year stationed in Antarctica in 1967-68.
The wallet turned up during renovations at McMurdo Station, the United States’ main station on the continent,…
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