Saturday, October 14, 2006




Discovery Hut: This is the sight of a 1902 camp made by Robert Falcon Scott on one of his expeditions to Antarctica. The hut was made from Australian woods (Douglas fir and Scot's pine) that worked well for insulating out the heat and keeping cool in the outback, so it was assumed to work well for keeping warm here. However, the explorers assumed poorly and the hut proved to be so cold that they only stayed two days and went back to the ship. Others have used the hut over the last century and it is full of neat antartifacts, history, clothes, books, dead seals and old tin cans. All of it is preserved perfectly due to the cold and it is truly a neat experience to walk inside.

1 Comments:

Blogger mg said...

Antarctifacts... too good.

October 14, 2006 10:56 PM  

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