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 WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) - Everest conqueror and Antarctic explorer Sir Edmund Hillary has returned to the frozen continent — at age 87 — for what he believes will be his last time.
Hillary joined New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark and other dignitaries who flew to Antarctica for the 50th anniversary of the Scott Base, which the adventurer helped build in 1957.
"This is probably the last opportunity that I will get to visit the wintery south," Hillary said Friday, the day after he arrived.
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