Plan to conserve Edmund Hillarys Antarctic hut

Wellington: A plan to conserve New Zealand mountaineer, explorer and philanthropist and one of the first persons to climb Mount Everest, Edmund Hillary's hut in Antarctica was announced on Tuesday. Hillary and Nepalese mountaineer Tenzing Norgay became the first climbers to reach the summit of Mount Everest on May 29, 1953.

He was also the first person to reach both the North and the South Poles. Hillary's Hut, known as Hut A, is part of New Zealand's first scientific facility at Scott Base. It is the original remaining building established for the country's involvement in the Trans-Antarctic Expedition of 1955-58 and the International Geophysical Year 1957-58. It is recognised as a historic monument under the Antarctic Treaty.