WELLINGTON, New Zealand, Aug. 17 (UPI) -- A New Zealand group is attempting to save the first building built in Antarctica by Norwegian explorer Carsten Borchgrevink in 1899.
The 105-year-old cabin still stands, but it has roof and moisture damage. It still contains the canned goods Borchgrevink brought there, Aftenposten reported Tuesday. The excrement of a colony of penguins has left a toll as well.
Rob Fenwick, chairman of Antarctic Heritage Trust of New Zealand, has received support from the Getty Foundation and the U.S. World Monument Fund and he hopes Norwegian and British sources will contribute too.
Borchegrevink's British-financed expeditions never reached the South Pole, but he was knighted when he return to Norway in 1902.
The Antarctic Heritage Trust of New Zealand also wants to renovate cabins used by Robert Scott and Ernest Shackleton.
