searching for the ark

It appears a team of scientists from the U.S. and Turkey are arranging a trek to search for Noah's Ark on Mount Ararat this summer.

Here's a link to the complete article: Yahoo! News - Expedition Will Seek to Find Noah's Ark

Here are some quotes: (By HOPE YEN, Associated Press Writer)

An expedition is being planned for this summer to the upper reaches of Turkey's Mount Ararat where organizers hope to prove an object nestled amid the snow and ice is Noah's Ark. A joint U.S.-Turkish team of 10 explorers plans to make the arduous trek up Turkey's tallest mountain, at 17,820 feet, from July 15 to August 15, subject to the approval of the Turkish government....

The writer's conclusion doesn't look too promising for these intrepid explorers:

The biblical account in the Book of Genesis says that after the great deluge, the ark came to rest on the mountain with Noah's family and a cargo of male and female pairs of every kind of animal.

Geologists say even though there is evidence of a flood in Mesopotamia in Sumerian times, it is not possible for a ship to make landfall at an altitude as high as Mount Ararat.