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Scott's 1911 Terra Nova Hut at Cape Evans
 
This hut is the largest historic building in Antarctica-used on the 1910-13 British Expedition led by Captain R.F. Scott RN
 

   


this was 1 of 3 huts taken south on "Terra Nova'
an anchor of the ship 'Aurora' embedded in the beach in front of the hut
another 'Aurora' anchor-from shackleton's 1915 ross sea party
 
me standing in front
of the hut
 
this hut served as a base for extensive scientific field study and surveys
 
this hut is best known for scott's ill fated journey to the pole
this hut served as a base for scott's journey to the pole
in 1911 the hut was extended when stables and a long annex were built
 
maintenance was 1st undertaken in 1955 by the trans-antarctic expedition
 
our icebreaker seen in the bay-we took zodiacs to the beach
site of horse stables
horse fodder is still here
 
 
 
between the inner and outer hut walls is an insulating layer of seaweed
the remains of sled dogs
 
 
outside stores dump in the ice
 
 
salt in the snow
 
 
stores provisions have been left outside-just as they were
 
 
members of shackleton's trans-antarctic expedition-were marooned here in 1915
 
looking down on the hut from windvane hill
instrument shelter & weather screen stations
 
 
 
the cross on windvane hill
a memorial to 3 of the ross sea party who perished
 
hut entrance
the scientific teams made great use of the extensive laboratory
 
the galley still has fine examples of the provisions of the day
 
 
stocked like an edwardian kitchen
 
both scott and shackleton expeditions made use of this equipment
 
 
the hut stove and cooking area
 
'the tenements'-quarters for the officers
scott seperated officer bunks from those of the crew
 
 
 
me standing behind Captain Scott's desk in his "den"
 
 
 
the photographic lab created by herbert ponting
 
from the back of the hut-looking out over the North Bay of McMurdo Sound