91-year-old US meteorologist gets back wallet he lost in Antarctica 53 years ago

Team Udayavani, Feb 5, 2021, 8:08 PM IST

A 91-year-old US man recently got his wallet that he lost in Antarctica 53 years ago. US Navy meteorologist Paul Grisham had lost his wallet while working as a weather forecaster on Ross Island.

It was recently uncovered behind a locker during the demolition of a building and it still contained Grisham’s navy ID and driver’s licence among other things.

According to New Indian Exress, Grisham was posted to Antarctica in October 1967 as a weather forecaster for a science station and airport on Ross Island. After spending 13 years, he returned to his family home in California. However, he had lost his wallet that contained his Navy ID, his driver’s license, a tax withholding statement, and a homemade Kahlua recipe among other knick-knacks, but no cash.

It is said that Grisham’s wallet was found due to the efforts of Stephen Decato, who used to work for a snow cap research agency in Antarctica, and Bruce McKee of the Indiana Spirit of ’45 non-profit foundation