The Dyatlov Pass Incident: What Really Killed the Nine Hikers?
On the night of February 1, 1959, something happened on a remote slope in the northern Ural Mountains that has resisted explanation for more than six decades. Nine experienced hikers — students and graduates of the Ural Polytechnic Institute, led by 23-year-old Igor Dyatlov — abandoned their tent in the middle of a winter night,…