Box from Scott's 1910-12 expedition in his fatal attempt to reach the South Pole
Seal blubber, nearly a century old, still hangs neatly perserved due to the temperature which never rises above freezing.
In his first expedition in 1903 to Antarctica, British explorer Robert Falcon Scott chose Ross Island to be his launching point. This was chosen because it is the furthest point south accessible by a ship. He constructed his Discovery Hut to serve as a base of operations. While the construction took about 2 weeks, the hut has stood for over a century. After Robert Falcon Scott and his party were buried atop of Observation Hill, the remaining party closed up the hut and left, where it remained undisturbed until 1955, when the U.S. Navy arrived in its Operation Deep Freeze. The hut was opened and while some sailors stole items as souvenirs, many items still remain, perfectly perserved due to the constant temperatures below freezing and extremely low humidity. Image File history File links Inside_Scott_Hut_2. ... Image File history File links Inside_Scott_Hut_2. ... Location of the South Pole in the Antarctic continent. ... Image File history File links Inside_Scott_Hut. ... Image File history File links Inside_Scott_Hut. ... Remains of seventeenth century blubber cauldrons at the abandoned Dutch settlement of Smeerenburg in Svalbard, Norway This article is about the body tissue. ... Frozen food is food preserved under the process of freezing. ... 1903 (MCMIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Robert Falcon Scott Robert Falcon Scott (6 June 1868 – 29 March 1912) was a Royal Naval officer and Antarctic explorer. ... Observation Hill is a large hill (750 ft/230m) located adjacent to McMurdo Station in Antarctica and commonly called Ob Hill (prononuced Obie). ... 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Operation Deep Freeze I was the codename for a series of scientific expeditions to Antarctica in 1955–56. ...
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