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NORWAY CONTRIBUTE TO HISTORIC HUT RESTORATION

17.12.2011

The Norwegian government is providing $NZ900,000 to help preserve two huts built by Norwegian explorer Carsten Borchgrevink at Cape Adare. Borchgrevink led an expedition to Antarctica in 1898 and the huts his expedition built at Cape Adare were the first buildings constructed in Antarctica. The full story can be found here.