X-Message-Number: 3171
Date: Wed, 21 Sep 1994 14:16:09 -0400 (EDT)
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Subject: SCI.CRYONICS Ice Man

Date sent:  21-SEP-1994 14:15:06 
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>I recently heard about the prehistoric man they found frozen in ice.  From the
>pictures I saw he looked quite mumified.  Can someone give me an  idea of what
>sort of condition he was in?  Was the body dehydrated?  I'm curious about the

>time scales that on which such a frozen body would decay.  What changes would a
>
>body go through in 100 years, 500 years, 1000 years, ect.?  How would melting
>and refreezing affect things?  Speculation is acceptable though some emperical
>results would be useful.  This is for research for a book.
>
>
>-- 
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>                                        Nicholas Angelo Gross
>                                        Boston University, Physics Dept.
>                                        590 Commonwealth Ave.
>                                        Boston MA, 02215
>                                        (617)353-4659
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Jan (John) Coetzee

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