During the award-winning second season of "Meteorite Men," Geoff and Steve made four amazing iron meteorite finds totaling 175 pounds in Sweden's Muonionalusta strewnfield, north of the Arctic Circle. Now, the MM return to the land of the midnight sun and once again go up against Muononionalusta's endless forests, marshes, and relentless mosquitoes, with new and improved meteorite hunting equipment. But will they be able to repeat the successes of the first Arctic expedition in this strangest of meteorite fall sites, where the ancient space rocks have been transported and buried by long-vanished glaciers.
Also in this episode: The famous Ice Hotel at Kiruna, which was a James Bond location, Steve sleeps next to a polar bear, and Geoff gets annoyed at some dirt.
A FRIENDLY REQUEST FROM GEOFF NOTKIN OF "METEORITE MEN"
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EXCLUSIVE TRIVIA FROM HOST GEOFF NOTKIN
Our first stop on this Arctic Circle episode was the magnificent Ice Hotel at Kiruna, which was the inspiration for the spectacular set in James Bond "Die Another Day."
Very clever and amusing endings for the meteorite bet were filmed (Geoff's referenced "Return of the Jedi") at the Ice Hotel but never used. We actually did find a large buried meteorite in this episode, and it was seemingly abandoned in a massive water-filled dig hole. As a rusty shovel had been left in the excavation pit, we thought it possible that other hunters might return to claim the iron, so we did not disturb it. Maybe we were overly respectful! 😉 The buried mass gave off an enormous signal and was likely in the hundreds of pounds.
We also knew were a second meteorite was buried, but it was sitting under the boundary line of a protected archaeological area, so we did not disturb it. Nobody would have known if we'd gone in and removed it, but we always try to do the right thing when hunting.
11 янв 2021
