Cape Evans and Captain Scott’s Hut

I am happy to report that today the conditions lightened enough for us to visit Captain Robert Scott’s Hut from the Terra Nova expedition.  The hut was built and occupied from 1910-1913.  Scott was in a race with Amundsen to reach the South Pole, each starting from a different side of the continent.  Scott made it after Amundsen by a few weeks and then perished before making it back.  The hut was neat to see; however, it was much more somber: a reminder to the men that died in the pursuit of fame.

The weather was 25 degrees (our coldest day yet) and winds were 20ish knots which is less than 30mph.  It was still harsh, but not as harsh as yesterday.  Our walk was only a few hundred feet from the ice landing that we made from the zodiacs.

Scott’s hut is larger than Shackleton’s and featured more items for scientific research, as well as some of the projects that they were working on over a hundred years ago.  Because the conditions in Antarctica are so dry and cold, the penguin carcasses look like they were left there only a few months ago.

The night ended with the crew doing an open mic night and the band played, it was a lot of fun.