Archaeologists are racing to save precious artifacts in Alaska after last year's storm

STOP STOP I HAVE TO SAY THIS FIRST ARCHAEOLOGISTS IN ALASKA ARE LITERALLY RACING AGAINST THE CLOCK RIGHT NOW TO GET AS MANY PRECIOUS ARTIFACTS OUT OF THE DIRT AS POSSIBLE BEFORE THE NEXT STORM HITS AND RUINS EVERYTHING WHICH SOUNDS WILD UNTIL YOU HEAR HOW THIS WHOLE THING STARTED BECAUSE LAST YEAR THE REMNANTS OF AN ACTUAL TYPHOON SWEPT IN AND WRECKED INFRASTRUCTURE AND HOMES AND TORE THROUGH AN ENTIRE ARCHAEOLOGICAL DIG SITE AND THE THING IS NOBODY KNOWS WHEN THE NEXT BIG SYSTEM IS GOING TO HIT WHICH MEANS THESE SCIENTISTS ARE BASICALLY OUT THERE SIFTING AND DIGGING FOR THEIR LIVES TRYING TO RESCUE WHATEVER PIECES OF HISTORY THEY CAN POSSIBLY SALVAGE FROM THE GROUND BEFORE ANOTHER WAVE OF WEATHER ROLLS IN AND DESTROYS THE ENTIRE DIG SITE FOR GOOD.

Following damage from a typhoon's remnants last year, archaeologists in Alaska are racing to salvage artifacts from a dig site before the next storm arrives.

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