| HISTORIC HUTS IN THE ANTARCTIC FROM THE HEROIC AGE
R. K. Headland, 30 November 2009
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Existing huts (7)
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Location
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Winter year
(personnel)
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Expedition (year) vessel
(winter complement)
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Winter leader
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Maintained by
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Cape Adare
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1899 (10)
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British Antarctic Expedition
(1898-1900) Southern Cross
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Carsten Borchgrevink
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Antarctic Heritage Trust N.Z.
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Hut Point, Ross Island
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1902,
1903
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British National Antarctic
Expedition (1901-04) Discovery
(45 in 1902, 37 in 1903)
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Robert Scott
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Antarctic Heritage Trust N.Z.
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1916 (3)
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lmperial Trans-Antarctic
Expedition (1914-17) Aurora
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Not designated
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Snow Hill Island
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1902 (6), 1903 (6)
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Swedish South Polar Expedition
(1901-03) Antarctic
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Otto Nordenskjöld
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Instituto Antártico Argentino
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Laurie Island, South Orkney Islands
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1905 (5) – present
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Oficina Meteorológica Argentina
(1904-05) Uruguay
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Otto Diebel and subsequent leaders
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Instituto Antártico Argentino
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Cape Royds, Ross Island
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1908 (15)
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British Antarctic Expedition
(1907-09) Nimrod
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Ernest Shackleton
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Antarctic Heritage Trust N.Z.
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Cape Evans, Ross Island
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1911 (25)
1912 (13)
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British Antarctic Expedition.
(1910-13) Terra Nova
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Robert Scott
Edward Atkinson
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Antarctic Heritage Trust N.Z.
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1915 (10)
1916 (4)
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Imperial Trans-Antarctic
Expedition (1914-17) Aurora
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Æneas Mackintosh
Not designated
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Commonwealth Bay
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1912 (18)
1913 (7)
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Australasian Antarctic Expedition
(1911-14) Aurora
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Douglas Mawson
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Mawson's Hut Foundation and
Australian Antarctic Division
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Ruins (roofless) (4)
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Paulet Island
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1903 (20)
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Swedish South Polar Expedition
(1901-03) Antarctic
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Carl Anton Larsen
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Instituto Antártico Argentino
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Hope Bay
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1903 (3)
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Swedish South Polar Expedition
(1901-03) Antarctic
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Gunnar Andersson
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Instituto Antártico Argentino
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Laurie Island, South Orkney Islands
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1903
1904 (5)
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Scottish National Antarctic
Expedition (1902-04) Scotia
(33 in 1903)
Oficina Meteorológica Argentina
(1904-05) Scotia
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William Bruce
Robert Mossman
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Instituto Antártico Argentino
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Cape Adare
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1911 (6)
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British Antarctic Expedition
(1910-13) Terra Nova
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Victor Campbell
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Antarctic Heritage Trust N.Z.
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Sites where huts were deployed but where they no longer exist (10)
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Reason for loss
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Iles Kerguelen
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1902 (5)
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German South Polar Expedition
(1901-03) Gauss
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Emil Werth
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Dilapidation
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Booth Island
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1904
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French Antarctic Expedition
(1903-05) Français (20)
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Jean Charcot
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Dilapidation
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King Edward Point, South Georgia
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1907 (1) – 1955
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Norwegian whalers
(Grytviken transport vessels)
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Erik Nordenhaag (meteorologist) and later ones
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Demolition in 1974 by British Antarctic Survey
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Petermann Island
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1909
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French Antarctic Expedition
(1908-10) Porquoi Pas ? (30)
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Jean Charcot
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Dilapidation
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Bay of Whales
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1911 (9)
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Norwegian Antarctic Expedition
(1910-12) Fram
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Roald Amundsen
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Calving of the lce Shelf
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Inexpressible Island
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1912 (6)
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British Antarctic Expedition
(1910-13) Terra Nova
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Victor Campbell
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Ablation and melting
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Shackleton lce Shelf
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1912 (8)
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Australasian Antarctic Expedition
(1911-14) Aurora
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Frank Wild
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Calving of the lce Shelf
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Macquarie Island
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1912 (5)
1913 (5)
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Australasian Antarctic Expedition
(1911-14) Aurora
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George Ainsworth
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Demolition in 1948 by Australian
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1914 (3)
1915 (3)
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Commonwealth Meteorological
Expedition (1914-16) Endeavour
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Harold Power
Arthur Tulloch
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National Antarctic Research Expedition
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Point Wild, Elephant Island
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1916 (22)
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Imperial Trans-Antarctic
Expedition (1914-16), two boats
from Endurance
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Frank Wild
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Overwhelmed by sea
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Waterboat Point
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1921 (2)
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British Expedition to Graham Land
(1920-22) Svend Foyn
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Thomas Bagshawe
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Dilapidation
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Winter personnel numbers for huts are given where they were independent, or as complements of vessels where one wintered in the vicinity of a hut.
Huts, castaway depots, and similar structures, which were built by whalers, sealers, and others during this period, were also on South Georgia, South Shetland Islands, South Orkney Islands, Prince Edward Islands, Iles Crozet, Iles Kerguelen, Macquarie Island, Campbell Island, and Auckland Islands. Several of these islands also had sealers’ refuges and abandoned observatories from earlier expeditions.
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