An inside tour of Scott's Discovery Hut at Hut Point

A previous post (A late evening walk) shows several outside pictures of Scott's Discovery Hut. After my Observation Hill hike and brunch I joined an inside tour of the hut.  Robert Scott, RN built this prefabricated hut from Australia during his Discovery Expedition of 1902. It was later used by him and several others in his ill-fated journey to the South Pole in 1911. Shackleton was the last to use it in 1917. It was eventually buried in ice and rediscovered by the navy in 1956. It was well preserved inside and out. It has been basically untouched and looks as though people had just walked away.

Water becoming ice.

Scott's Discovery Hut. There are several more outside pictures on a previous post.

All of the items in this post are from the original use in 1902.

Lots of oatmeal.

Pudding.

It looks like tongue and groove construction.

Dog biscuits!

Cocoa.

Don't know what this is. There are small white labels are various objects.

The stove fueled by seal blubber.

I'm glad they had some spirits.

Nice duds! They sure don't look very warm.

Slippers and gloves.

Two crew members signatures from 1915 - Alexander Stevens, Chief Scientist and Harry Wild, Storekeeper.

21-1-15 (January 21, 1915) from TAE (Trans-Antarctic Expedition)

Some kind of old meat in the pot.

It was so cold in there.

Heating pit.

Plums.

Stored seal blubber for cooking and heating.

Sheep.

Seal.

Some skins and bones.

Dual pane windows.

A window on the veranda directs sunlight through the windows.

After the tour and dinner I went to the Coffee House Theater for the Sunday night "It's so bad it's good" movie series. We watched "Plan Nine from Outer Space" which is a classic 1959 B&W Sci-fi. What a hoot to cap off a busy weekend. 

A real classic complete with fly saucers on strings.