Cape Evan and Scott's Terra Nova Hut

This year I helped out set up for the Halloween party since the party was the weekend we transitioned to nights and I had helped last year I knew it would help me stay up and would be a fun time.  Little did I know that by helping out I would get the trip to go to Cape Evans out of it.

To give you a little back ground, this hut was built by Robert Falcon Scott in 1911 and is about 12 miles north of McMurdo on Cape Evans.  This hut was built by Scott for his expedition to the South Pole.  Having been inside the Discovery Hut here at McMurdo as well, I can say that Scott learned from his mistakes.  This hut was built better to withstand the environment down here.  The size is bigger and the furnishings seem to have made it more comfortable for Scott and his team than what they would have lived in the Discovery Hut.  Scott even added an enclosed stable and storage area to this hut for his horses, dogs and supplies.  Not sure why someone would have brought a bicycle with them here back than but there is a bike hanging up on the wall.

On our way out the the hut we stopped and saw some Weddel seals, the Erebus Glacier tongue and Ice Cave and on our way back we stopped at another glacier that was much bigger and higher.  To get out there and back we rode in a Hagglund and the whole trip lasted about 7 hours.  All in all, I can't say how lucky I am to get to see some the most historic and endangered places in this world.  I need to remind myself this everyday that I am down here.

I hope you enjoy the pictures.

Tim

Some Weddel Seals

The Erebus Glacier Tongue

Looking at Tent Island from on the Glacier Tongue

 Looking out onto the Ross Sea from the Glacier

Inside the Ice Cave

The cool Ice Crystals

Looking up at the icicles 

An Ice Crystal

Scott's Terra Nova Hut

The Plaque at the Entrance to the Hut

It is hard to read but a member of the expedition was keeping track of who died.

Another view of the hut

Looking South at Castle Rock (the tall point in the distance on the right, I hiked there from McMurdo last year) the 2 islands are Big Razorback on the right and Little Razorback on the left

Looking at Tent island and Inaccessible island on the right

A memorial to the 3 individuals lost that were written inside the hut.

Looking back at the Hagglund.

The other glacier we went to.

A sea ice crack

The following pictures are from my friend Dacre Dunn who won his trip for his Halloween Costume and got to go with us.  Hope you enjoy his pictures as well.

 The bike I talked about earlier

Inside the hut

We did a group shot of all of us in front of the big glacier

This is a map of the trip we took, McMurdo is at the bottom and Cape Evans is at the top.