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Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Norway to search for South Pole conqueror Roald Amundsen, 81 years after Arctic disappearance
Amundsen disappeared aboard the French Latham 47 flying boat in the Barents Sea on June 18, 1928. The plane was searching for the gas-filled airship "Italia," which crashed when returning from the North Pole during an expedition led by Italian aeronautical engineer Umberto Nobile.
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