Clues from Corpse PointLikneset, or “Corpse Point” as it’s called in Norwegian, encompasses more than 200 known burials from this period on a coastal plain between Smeerenburg Fjord and the foot of Kennedy Glacier. In 2019, Loktu excavated three burials from central Likneset and shipped them to the Svalbard Museum in Longyearbyen. The other two showed isotopic signatures consistent with colder environments and a fish-heavy diet, pointing to western Norway. Catalog of changeArchaeologists excavating Likneset’s burials close to the shoreline in the late 1980s found graves damaged by erosion to varying degrees. However, permafrost had preserved many recognizable garments, including wool caps, jackets, trousers, knitted stockings, linen shirts, scarves, and one pair of shoes.