Slideshow: Antarctic History Frozen in Time

credit Kim GriggsBoots lined up along the wall in Shackleton’s Nimrod hut. The hut was named after the ship that brought this expedition here. credit Kim GriggsRobert Falcon Scott’s first hut, Discovery. credit Kim GriggsA view of the kitchen at Robert Falcon Scott’s Terra Nova hut. credit Kim GriggsThe seal blubber that has sat in […]


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Boots lined up along the wall in Shackleton’s Nimrod hut. The hut was named after the ship that brought this expedition here.

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Robert Falcon Scott’s first hut, Discovery.

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A view of the kitchen at Robert Falcon Scott’s Terra Nova hut.

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The seal blubber that has sat in the hallway for about 90 years still carries a unique odor only visitors at the hut can appreciate.

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Scott never returned to this Terra Nova hut. Perhaps the 90-year-old ball of Dutch cheese and the uneaten biscuit illustrate this fact best.