Frozen’s animation technology has helped Russian investigators solve a closed case that has baffled investigators for the past 62 years.
Frozen helped researchers solve one of Russia’s greatest unsolved mysteries. The original Disney Animation film features Elsa, voiced by Idina Menzel, the Queen of Arendelle who possessed magical powers of ice. The film and its sequel follow Elsa as she struggles with the past and how to be accepted by the world, despite her strange powers. The film was one of Disney’s biggest hits in a long time, partly thanks to its impressive animation that effortlessly shows the changing seasons, including the harsh winter.
That’s where the Dyatlov Pass Incident comes in. In Russia, a group of young hikers in 1959 tried to pass through the Ural Mountains during a particularly cold winter. Locally (and ominously) known as the “Dead Mountain”, hikers set up camp under the snowy slope. They never reached the next waypoint and, months later, all their bodies were recovered from the snow.
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According National Geographic, this is where Frozen goes into. John Gaume, who works at the Snow Avalanche Simulation Laboratory, was watching the movie when he noticed how snow was moving on the screen. Curious about how animators did it, he traveled to Los Angeles to meet the expert who created the movement of snow on the screen. Gaume then obtained the code to run his own simulations and apparently deciphered the case. Gaume claims that an avalanche is what killed the nine students and their instructor and he proved it using the Frozen.
In the decades after the tragedy, the Dyatlov Pass Incident became a point of speculation in Russia. Many conspiracies formulated around events, from alien abductions to secret government experiments. When this simple explanation was announced, the public rejected the conclusion, clinging to the conspiracies that had fueled much of the interest in the incident. The fact that Frozen and his stunning visuals were involved is just another strange face of this already strange case.
Frozen he is already known for many things – his ear worm from a song, “Let It Go”, the complicated and moving relationship between Anna and Elsa, and Olaf, the adorable snowman – but now you can add the solution of this mystery to yours list of impressive achievements. Frozen maintained its incredible popularity over the years, with Frozen 2 becoming the most broadcast film of 2020, and the fact that Frozen‘Innovative animation is apparently better at solving mysteries than many professional researchers, it’s just another achievement that can add to your list of praise.
Source: NatGeo
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