Historical treasures,
exhumed from an icy grave.

The purpose of the expedition to recover the Lockheed P-38 "Lightning" aircraft is to make these significant artifacts of world history available to museums and air-shows world-wide.

LSR does not start from scratch. Already in 1992 one of the planes was recovered. This bird is flying again and can be seen on air shows all over the world. The IceScope did prove: all five P-38 still covered by snow and ice are still in a good shape.

Detailed analyses supplied by scientists at Island's Reykjavik University estimate that, although the P-38s are buried beneath 100 meter of compressed snow, they remain structurally undamaged.

The planes will be very carefully recovered using the latest, ecologically friendly equipment designed to melt the snow surrounding them.