Saturday, February 27, 2010 was screened in Oslo on documentary research conducted in the Arctic Ocean, in order to trace the remains of Latham 47 and crew, which included the explorer Roald Amundsen.
As known, the plane disappeared in 1928 in an attempt to locate and rescue the survivors of the Red Tent.
The research was carried out by the polar explorer Liv Arnesen and Per Arvid Tellemann by land and sea, where it was used a Kongsberg Maritime Hugin 1000 AUV HISAS and 1030, synthetic aperture sonar.
The expedition began in August 2009, with the Hugin 1000, mini-submarine used as a primary tool for finding the famous plane Norwegian Arctic explorer, on an area of 34 square nautical miles.
"We are proud to have been part of this project," says Bjørn Jalving, Vice President of AUVs, Kongsberg Maritime.
"The Hugin 1000 AUV with HISAS 1030 synthetic aperture sonar is a new level of resolution and range in acoustic images and is designed to find small mines modern, efficient for the large area. It has proven an ideal tool for research for Latham plane. "
However, there were found traces of the remains of the aircraft.
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"Norway. Roald Amundsen 'Lost in the Arctic' documentary debuts in Oslo."
The announcement of the projection, sent by Aas Steiner from Tromso
Dear colleagues,
last year the director Rudolph Herzog, Context TV and MOTLYS AS took off together with the Norwegian Navy and the Norwegian Coast Guard to an exciting and suspenseful search for last the remains of the famous polar explorer Roald Amundsen and his air ship, the “Latham 47”. Parallel to the search on board Liv Arnesen, she was the first woman who reached the South Pole, followed Amundsen´s traces on the mainland.
Now all ships are back in harbour and the last cut is done. We are very glad to invite you to the screening of our documentary “Roald Amundsen – Lost in the Artic”. |
Aas Steiner from Tromso, whom we thank, sent the details of the documentary film, which we have made available to all
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