Video will play in Play now Don't auto playNever auto playA million-dollar project to save Sir Edmund Hillary's hut in Antarctica is now largely complete. Thousands of New Zealanders chipped in to help save the hut, mostly during a 2012-kilometre tractor journey, Expedition South. "It certainly stands out among Scott Base's green buildings." Watson said the hut could not have been saved without the help of Kiwis, and Antarctica New Zealand. "Hillary's Hut is the birthplace of Kiwi leadership in Antarctica, it's where Sir Ed began his famous tractor trip to the South Pole and is Scott Base's first building .. so thank you New Zealand - you have saved a Kiwi icon."

Source: New Zealand Herald January 26, 2017 07:38 UTC