Explorers' 1912 plane found in Antarctica

Remains of the first plane ever taken to Antarctica, in 1912, have been found by Australian researchers, the team announced yesterday. The Mawson's Huts Foundation had been searching for the plane for three southern hemisphere summers before stumbling...

Remains of the first plane ever taken to Antarctica, in 1912, have been found by Australian researchers, the team announced yesterday.

The Mawson's Huts Foundation had been searching for the plane for three southern hemisphere summers before stumbling upon metal pieces of it on New Year's Day.

"The biggest news of the day is that we've found the air tractor, or at least parts of it!" team member Tony Stewart wrote on the team's blog from Cape Denison in Antarctica's Commonwealth Bay.

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