| | the site for the expedition winter quarters |
| | | the prefab building was brought from london |
| | | the building was insulated with felt and cork and filled with gravel |
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| | | entrance leads past a lab/storeroom and darkroom |
| | | me at the hut entrance door |
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| | dominating one end of the hut is the cooking range |
| | | a large iron pot recognisable in expedition photos |
| | | galley shelves are stacked with an assortment of edwardian provisions |
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| | | the provisions include tinned meats and dehydrated vegetables |
| | | the scott 2nd expedition visted this hut in january 1911 |
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| | | medical supplies shared wall space with food |
| | | the 'rogue's retreat' where the 1st book printed in antarctica was produced |
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| | graffiti from the ross sea party occupancy in 1916 |
| | | | expedition members shared 2-man cubicles |
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| | cubicles were improvised with curtains hung from wires |
| | | | shackleton wrote, "it was not a very spacious dwelling for...15 persons..." |
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| | | ernest shackleton's 'bedroom' |
| | | shackleton's packing crate bed headboard-with his signature! |
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| | bottles of raspberries, gooseberries and red currants are still in the hut |
| | | | later expeditions helped themselves to extra matches, tobacco and soap |
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| | | the carbide plant used to produce the gas which provided lighting |
| | | dogs and horses were kept in stables and kennels outside the hut |
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| | light into the hut came from 2 double glazed windows |
| | | outside the hut-remains of the stables and garage |
| | | the garage housed the 1st motor vehicle to be used in antarctica |
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| | stores around the outside hut walls |
| | | | windy and cold even in 'summer' |
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