Post by james on Sept 11, 2015 18:16:54 GMT -5
By Katy Galimberti, AccuWeather.com Staff Writer
September 11, 2015; 5:20 PM ET
After waves of searing heat that spanned the summer, drought in Poland has reached critical levels.
But recently, the dry conditions led to the unearthing of historic artifacts buried in the terrain of the Vistula River near Warsaw.
According to the Associated Press, officials were aware of the settled artifacts but could not access them under the murky waters of the river and its tributaries.
A Soviet fighter plane, with human remains of the pilots, was one of the historic findings from late August. The Red Army plane was downed by the Germans in January of 1945 and plunged into the frosty river, the AP reported.
From the late 1930s to the mid-1940s, Poland was invaded by Germany and the Soviet Union. According to witnesses at the time of the crash, the plane plummeted out of the sky and fell into the frozen Vistula River.
Zdzislaw Leszczynski, head of the museum in nearby Wyszogrod where the artifacts were taken, told the AP that parts of Soviet uniforms, a parachute, a sheepskin coat collar, parts of boots, a pilot's personal TT pistol and radio equipment were found.
www.accuweather.com/en/features/trend/poland_drought_vistula_river_20th_century_artifacts_revealed/52305405
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