Over eighty years ago my grandfather, Admiral Richard E. Byrd, led the first of his five expeditions to Antrctica. His goal was to fly over the South Pole in a Ford Trimotor which he did in November, 1929. He took two other airplanes and one of them, a Fokker Super Universal, was the first plane to land on the Antarctic continent. In March, 1929, he sent his geologist out in the Fokker for some geologic studies. A blizzard roared in, ripped the Fokker from its moorings, and sent it crashing onto the frozen surface of Lake Aquamarine where it still sits all these years later. My grandfather embodied the spirit of exploration and we believe that this airplane should be restored and placed in a museum in the United States. We have formed the Byrd Aircraft Recovery Expedition to recover and restore the first plane to land on Antarctica. We have formed an outstanding team that includes aviators, explorers, mountaineers, medical doctors, scientists, and engineers. Please join us as we embark on our journey to recover and restore the first aircraft to land on the Antarctic continent.