AkzoNobel Helps Save Edmund Hillary's Historic Hut in Antarctica
AMSTERDAM — Explorer Sir Edmund Hillary's historic Antarctic hut has been saved and restored thanks to a successful fundraising campaign and the application of coatings donated by AkzoNobel.
A specialist team from the Antarctic Heritage Trust spent three months working in temperatures as low as -40 °C to renovate the famous landmark, which was built in 1957 and contains hundreds of artifacts.