old ski

Southern Norway’s glaciers are melting fast and giving up secrets of our ancient past. Recently, this melting has lead to some incredible discoveries with the most significant a 1,300-year-old powder ski. This would have fit well into a modern powder skier’s quiver. It measures 172cm long and 145mm wide at the waist. The binding was still on the ski along with some leather. The binding with intact leather was mounted on a raised portion in the middle of the ski, and archaeologists could see a hole where the binding would […]