hi knox,
" Bodies that sink into Alaskan waters tend to stay there. In warmer climates, corpses decompose and generate gases that eventually bring them to the surface. Alaska's frigid waters tend to preserve corpses, and glacial silt -- fine dust created by glaciers grinding down rock over centuries -- gets into clothing and crevices, and further weighs down the bodies."
from this LA times piece (good article).
http://articles.latimes.com/2005/feb/15/nation/na-vanished15
lets hope this is not the case.
" Bodies that sink into Alaskan waters tend to stay there. In warmer climates, corpses decompose and generate gases that eventually bring them to the surface. Alaska's frigid waters tend to preserve corpses, and glacial silt -- fine dust created by glaciers grinding down rock over centuries -- gets into clothing and crevices, and further weighs down the bodies."
from this LA times piece (good article).
http://articles.latimes.com/2005/feb/15/nation/na-vanished15
lets hope this is not the case.