bevonice: Discovery Hut

I am doing another post on the Discovery Hut, often called Scott's Hut, because I was able to go inside. I have great admiration for the explorers of Antarctica and the hardships they endured while exploring. Robert F. Scott built the Discovery Hut at hut point which is 300m from McMurdo. It was poorly designed and not well insulated so the first explorers actually chose to live on the icebound ship instead of the hut. This hut was built in 1901 and used by Scott and Shackleton for almost 15 years. It has been well preserved due to the cold dry climate. This hut was used mostly for storage and people lived there for short periods of time, so several items are still in the hut. It smells rancid from the seal blubber. Scott's party died from cold weather and starvation only 11 miles from their return base on the return leg from the south pole.