WASHINGTON—A meteorologist in the US Navy was pleasantly surprised to recover a wallet he had lost—53 years ago in Antarctica.
Paul Grisham, 91, did not even remember losing the billfold when friendly strangers contacted him to return it via mail, The San Diego Union-Tribune reported this week.
The lucky discovery was made during the 2014 demolition of the scientific base on Ross Island, where Grisham was stationed as a weather forecaster from October 1967 to November 1968.
The sailor’s wallet was hidden behind a locker and contained, among other things, his Navy identity card, driver’s license, a reference card for what to do in case of a biological or chemical weapons atta…
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