Did the Movie Frozen Solve the Dyatlov Pass Mystery? (Part 2)

Injuries like a car crash, traces of radiation, and a Soviet verdict of 'a compelling natural force'. In 2021, two scientists used car crash data and the snow code from Disney's Frozen to test a new answer. Part 1 on my channel.

Sources:
- National Geographic, "Has science solved one of history's greatest adventure mysteries?" (2021): https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/has-science-solved-history-greatest-adventure-mystery-dyatlov
- Gaume & Puzrin (2021), Communications Earth & Environment: https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-020-00081-8
- EPFL long-read on the study: https://longread.epfl.ch/en/dossier/q
- The Moscow Times / AFP (2021): https://themoscowtimes.com/2021/01/28/study-sheds-new-light-on-russias-dyatlov-pass-mountain-mystery-a72771
- RFE/RL on the 2020 prosecutors' review: https://rferl.org/a/russian-officials-reportedly-close-investigation-into-mysterious-1959-hiking-disaster-dyatlov/30722068.html
- Russia Beyond: https://www.rbth.com/history/332434-o

Credits:
- Tent photo 1959 and criminal case file pages: Soviet investigators / Sverdlovsk prosecutor's office, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
- Igor Dyatlov and camp photos (1958 trip): Petr Bartolomey / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Memorial photos: Dmitry Nikishin / Wikimedia Commons (public domain)
- Auspiya valley: Futball80 / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Mount Otorten: ents (CC BY 3.0), Oleg Chegodaev (CC BY-SA 4.0) / Wikimedia Commons
- Music: "Night Vigil" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), CC BY 4.0 — https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- Narration: AI voice

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