Norway's famous antarctic explorer is back in the news 75 years after his death. From The Age: Norwegian search may end 75-year explorer mystery.
A slab of driftwood and a fisherman's chart may help solve a mystery about the death of Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen in a plane crash 75 years ago.
Amundsen, who in 1911 became the first person to reach the South Pole after a historic race with Briton Robert Falcon Scott, vanished on June 18, 1928, when his seaplane crashed during a rescue mission for an Italian rival lost in the Arctic.
Armed with tantalising new evidence, Norway is considering sending a submarine to scour the seabed for the wreck of Amundsen's plane near Bear Island in icy North Atlantic waters 70 to 100 metres deep.
"We have a chart, new witness reports and what could be part of a plane," said Per Arvid Pettersen, project leader at the Norwegian Aviation Museum in Bodoe, northern Norway. [continue]
Related news articles:
New clue in Amundsen disappearance - from Aftenposten (Includes photo.)
Search for South Pole hero - from the BBC
Related links:
Antarctic Explorers: Roald Amundsen - from south-pole.com
The life of Roald Amundsen -from Oden.dep.no
Roald Amundsen - from CoolAntarctica.com
Roald Amundsen - from Wikipedia