Observation Hill is a large hill (750 ft/230m) located adjacent to McMurdo Station in Antarctica and commonly called "Ob Hill" (prononuced Obie). It is frequently climb in order to get good viewing points across the continent. Regular clear skies gives excellent visibility. A scene at McMurdo Station McMurdo Station, located at 77°51′S 166°40′E, sits on the southern tip of Ross Island in Antarctica, on the shore of McMurdo Sound, 2,200 miles (3,500 km) due south of New Zealand. ...

Robert Falcon Scott's party was found by a search party led by the surgeon, Dr. Edward Atkinson. They were found deceased by the members of the base camp, who took their photographic film, scientific specimens, and other materials. They had to leave Scott and his men in their tent, and subsequent parties could not locate the campsite, since that area had been covered in snow. So Scott's party eventually ended up drifting out to sea as part of an iceberg as the ice shelf made its way to the sea. Captain Robert Falcon Scott, RN (6 June 1868–29 March 1912) was a Royal Naval officer and Antarctic explorer. ...

The search party then returned to what is now known as McMurdo and climbed observation hill. There they erected a large wooden cross, inscribed the names of the fatal party and a short quote from an Alfred Tennyson poem which reads "To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield." Lord Tennyson, Poet Laureate Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson (August 6, 1809 - October 6, 1892) is generally regarded as one of the greatest English poets. ...

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• Photo of Ob Hill
• Photo of cross