[Egregious Philbin]

Some of the debunking comments are disturbing in that they seem to imply that even entertaining the possibility of such a discovery is foolish.

Indeed it is foolish. The Ark as described in the Bible could not well exist, given the # of animal species in the world. And even if Noah managed to pile them on to some craft, shouldn't there be evidence of the landfall of such an enormous herd? Now that there might be a boat on a mountain that would inspire such a story, that I can believe... but that ain't Noah's Ark.

[alexandria]

And even if Noah managed to pile them on to some craft, shouldn't there be evidence of the landfall of such an enormous herd?

Like what? Hoof prints, droppings or what? I am sure that it would not take very long before snowfall, ice or erosion obliterated those.

However, the ark was a very large structure at a high altitude encased in ice. These conditions can lead to fossilization. The high altitude means low oxygen so there are almost no hungry organisms so there would be little danger of the remains being eaten, molded away or disturbed by scavengers.