iPod Emerges from Ice and Still Works
Thinking it just another dog turd emerging from the melting snow (Whitehorse is awash in canine feces at this time of year), I at first ignored it. But dog crap is rarely rectangular, so I had another look.
And, hey, there was an iPod emerging from a block of ice.
It was frozen in the bottom layer of snow near Takhini School. The thing has obviously been there since early winter.
I pried it out of the ice (it was frozen solid), and brought it home to see if it still worked. The thing booted up right away and after a few minutes of charge was in full operating order. It even had the correct date.
So I’m impressed, that’s one hardy machine. Like some ice age caveman emerging from the depths of an ancient glacier, this iPod has thawed its way out of a block of months-old Yukon ice. The only difference is, the iPod has emerged alive.
I wiped the mud off and it’s not in bad shape. There are a few scratches and nicks, and some condensation under the glass over the screen, but otherwise it works fine.
Of course, there’s a name attached to the device, so it belongs to somebody.
I’ll give it a week I figure: if you lost an iPod near Takhini School in the Horse, drop me an email and tell me your name and the capacity of the iPod. If I don’t hear back, it’s finder’s keepers.
Why don’t you send the story to Apple. They may want it and give you a new one in exchange.
Gigi
April 30, 2009 at 9:21 am
my friend found a backpack laying on the side of the road and opened it up. there was a broken bottle of vodka in it along with an ipod nano. he tried to get it running but it still had vodka in it and it wouldn’t start up so he threw it in his closet and forgot about it for 8 months. when school was done for the year he was packing and had found the ipod. he started it up and it worked!!!!
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April 30, 2009 at 4:15 pm
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I dunked my 2nd gen in the Yukon River during an accident canoeing through Miles Canyon, Opened that sucker up and forgot about it for a year. Slapped it back together and it booted no problem.
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If the iPod holds songs purchased on iTunes, you could probably run one of them through AtomicParsley and use the e-mail embedded in the file’s metadata to try to get in touch with the owner.
JustAnIdea
May 1, 2009 at 1:38 am
finders keepers!
Lias
May 1, 2009 at 5:02 am
Ho, I wish I had that luck, my Mp3 broke after a little…swim…in the sink.
Any way, do you have any intention of returning it to who ever lost it?
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May 1, 2009 at 8:21 am
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May 1, 2009 at 8:53 am
Interesting!
Successful Researcher
May 1, 2009 at 10:00 am
Lucky you! I got an iPod Touch myself. I’m not really impressed by that it still works after emerging from the ice though.
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May 2, 2009 at 10:20 pm
wow…really helpful post, thanks for sharing.
equestrian equipment
May 3, 2009 at 1:31 am
There is a name engraved on it??? Try to find the owner, honestly!
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I believe the rule of law is, report it to the police as found property, and they will tag it. If at 90 days no one has asked about it, they give it to you.
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June 6, 2009 at 4:25 am
This is an interesting blog about ipods..
ipodrepair
July 16, 2009 at 9:49 am
nice!
PChulpzutphen.nl
July 24, 2009 at 2:54 am
dude! great story.
Never thought that was possible.
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