“They have helped us to better understand how he may have made his living in hazardous and difficult conditions, but also how he may have died.
It has been a privilege to be able to study something so rare and so personal,” Richardson added.
The boots were built with extra soles and stuffed with moss or a similar material to help them last in tough terrain, according to the firm’s conservation experts.Investigation of the man’s bones has also provided further clues to the mystery.
He was likely to have died under the age of 35 and had deep groves in his teeth most likely caused “by a repetitive action, like passing rope between his teeth as a fisherman might,” according to the company.