Captain Scott's Terra Nova Hut, Cape Evans, Antarctica

I visited the Terra Nova hut yesterday on a trip out to Cape Evans.  This hut is the biggest of the three historic huts here on Ross Island, and is probably the most interesting to visit.  For more information about the hut check the Antarctic Heritage Trust website here.  

The Scott expeditions were known for their great advancement of science, and the inside of the hut shows this.    Several lab areas were present in the hut.

Seal Blubber

Penguin Eggs

Penguins

Expedition dog.  Still chained to the wall.

Shackleton's Hut

Last week I headed out to Cape Royds here on Ross Island.   This is the location of the Shackleton hut.  It was built here in 1908 for his Nimrod expedition.  On this expedition he and his group came within 100 miles of the south pole, but turned back knowing he may not make it back alive if they made the pole.