In October 2016, Russian scientists discovered a secret Nazi base on Alexandra Land, an island in the Franz Josef Land archipelago inside the Arctic Circle.
The existence of this military base was known from documentation seized from the Nazi regime at the end of World War II, but not its exact location. This base was called SchatzgrƤber, (English for “Treasure Hunter”) and, according to official documents of the time, its main purpose was to serve as a weather station to obtain more accurate weather reports and thus provide a military advantage to the Nazi regime in the battles taking place during the Second World War.
When Russian scientists arrived at the base in 2016, they found a kind of time capsule. The official version of what happened at the base: a sudden and unfortunate infection from eating spoiled polar bear meat made everyone at the base sick with trichinosis. The severity of the disease forced them to call for desperate help from their superiors, who in just two days sent a submarine and evacuated all the residents of the base.
The situation was dire when the rescue team arrived, so the evacuation was instantaneous. Time stood still at the base until it was discovered in 2016. This finding was widely reported, with most media outlets picking up on it:
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But behind this official version is a gripping story that cries out to be brought to light, suggesting that this base was built for a very different purpose than simply serving as a weather station.
The base’s name, Treasure Hunter, is linked to its primary objective: to search for relics that would give them a great advantage in the Second World War. It is well known that Hitler had a great obsession with this subject, and there are many documented German army campaigns in search of such relics. Indeed, this is one of those exciting stories…