Sub joining hunt for lost hero Amundsen's plane

Norway 'marine of S announced Monday that it will help to seek the plan absent from the explorer Roald Amundsen of the 20th century, more than 80 years after its death.

Research -- programmed for at the end of this year -- will concentrate on an area of 40 square- mile (104 square- kilometer) of the Arctic Ocean where the researchers believe Amundsen 'plane of S crushed in 1928.

If there is something to the bottom there, we will find it, CNN said by elder Loeseth called of commander Frode.

Loeseth indicated they will concentrate on finding the plane the 'wreck of S, and do not hope to find that the whole remains.

Amundsen, which is a national hero in Norway, led the first forwarding successful to the Pole of the south as from 1910 to 1912. It is also credited to be the first nobody to reach the Poles of north and the south.

It went to miss in June 1928 at the age of 55 whole while flying to the North pole for a rescue operation.

The place of its disappearance is one of the remaining mysteries unsolved in our, of time press release of the Norwegian navy indicated.

Loeseth indicated that the navy will take part in research with the Norwegian museum of aviation; Maritime Kongsberg, a Norwegian maritime company of technology; and context TV, a German company of production of TV which will document the operation.

Research is programmed to begin last week of August.

There were several attempts to find the place of Amundsen of 'accident of S, recently in 2004. But this time Norway the 'marine of S will be able to scour the depths of the Arctic Ocean with a submarine, baptized name of a character in mythology of norses.

We have a special tool -- Hugin -- it is a submarine of the very last thing, touched, and can seek 18 hours, commander said.

Hugin is the mythological corbel which travelled around the ground and informed the god of the norses, Odin, of what occurred this day.

Loeseth indicated that the navy had the submarine not-controlled during some time, but that which will be employed in research is Hugin 1000, has lately modified and improved model.

Loeseth would not indicate how much one expected that the operation costs, or which organization placed the part of research.

It subjected to a constraint which the associates lay out of an agreement and a budget, and the Norwegian taxpayers will not pay part of research very.

He said that Amundsen 'parents of S support the project. He noted that he was five years since the last search for Amundsen of 'wreck of S because that takes time to raise the placement for such projects.