May 5: Iceman (2017) dir. Felix Randau

Iceman is a fictionalised version of the story of Ötzi: the name given to the body of an individual from the Bronze Age, whose body was discovered in 1999 by two German tourists high up in the Otztal Alps.

I have a strong connection with this particular story as I wrote a book about the discovery of Ötzi which was published some years ago, but is still selling and now has been used in a 

The book can be purchased from here if you are interested.

I have a copy of the film on BluRay.

The story tells a fictionalised version of the circumstances of his death. Nobody is really sure why he would be so high up on the mountains, on the border between Italy and 

I have produced a series of resources which are based on the book. These can be accessed from my LivingGeography blog.

You can also find more about Otzi in a set of resources created by Matt Podbury and Russel Tarr at the International School of Toulouse.

The corpse and his belongings are still in a museum.

This sort of archaological discovery is now becoming more common in the Arctic, as permafrost begins to thaw due to the climate emergency. It's perhaps stretching it to say that this is a benefit of global warming though...

There are regular stories about the Ice Man.

Here's the trailer for the film: