What caused the violent deaths of nine Russian hikers in 1959?
There are many intriguing theories as to how the group from Ural Polytechnic University -- Boris Yeltsin's alma mater -- wound up injured, mutilated, and radioactive in the snow.
"It looks and feels a lot like a coverup," we're told.
The story is as moving as it is puzzling. How sad to think that young people enjoying a pristine environment wouldn't live to see the end of the trip. One lucky outdoorsman had back trouble, left the group early, and lived to tell the tale.
I'd never seen this series, but stumbled upon it on the History Channel. I'd check it out again.
There are many intriguing theories as to how the group from Ural Polytechnic University -- Boris Yeltsin's alma mater -- wound up injured, mutilated, and radioactive in the snow.
"It looks and feels a lot like a coverup," we're told.
The story is as moving as it is puzzling. How sad to think that young people enjoying a pristine environment wouldn't live to see the end of the trip. One lucky outdoorsman had back trouble, left the group early, and lived to tell the tale.
I'd never seen this series, but stumbled upon it on the History Channel. I'd check it out again.