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They're off again. Onboard the P and O owned French supply ship L’Astrolabe destined for the Antarctic in search of the elusive Vickers Air Tractor.
Mawson's Huts Foundation News
Sydney Nov 27—A ten person team departs Hobart next week (Thursday Dec 3) to continue conservation work on the fragile wooden huts at Cape Denison that were the base for two years of the 1911-14 Australasian Antarctic Expedition (AAE) led by Sir Douglas Mawson and also to search for the remains of the first aircraft taken to the icy continent.
While most efforts will concentrate on the recovery and treatment of artefacts inside the main hut specialist equipment including a magnetometer will be used to locate the fuselage of the Vickers monoplane Mawson took south to use as an air tractor.
From this recent photo, taken last month by helicopter pilot John Eacott [
Antarctica trip - PPRuNe Forums], you can see the huts still covered to the roof with ice and snow. I can't be sure, but I think the air tractor is probably deeper now.
source: Antarctica trip - Page 2 - PPRuNe Forums
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