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HISTORIC HUTS IN THE FROM THE HEROIC AGE

R. K. Headland, 18 May 2017 Scott Polar Research Institute, Lensfield Road, Cambridge, United Kingdom, CB2 1ER

Existing huts (7) Location Winter year Expedition (year) vessel Winter leader Maintained by (personnel) (winter complement) Adare 1899 (10) British Antarctic Expedition Carsten Antarctic Heritage (1898-1900) Southern Cross Borchgrevink Trust N.Z.

Hut Point, Ross 1902, British National Antarctic Robert Scott Antarctic Heritage Island 1903 Expedition (1901-04) Trust N.Z. (45 in 1902, 37 in 1903)

1916 (3) lmperial Trans-Antarctic Not designated Expedition (1914-17) Aurora

Snow Hill Island 1902 (6), Swedish Polar Expedition Otto Nordenskjöld Instituto Antártico 1903 (6) (1901-03) Antarctic Argentino

Laurie Island, 1906 (5) – Oficina Meteorológica Albin Lind and Instituto Antártico South Orkney present (1905-06) Austral subsequent leaders Argentino Islands , 1908 (15) British Antarctic Expedition Antarctic Heritage Ross Island (1907-09) Trust N.Z.

Cape Evans, Ross 1911 (25) British Antarctic Expedition. Robert Scott Antarctic Heritage Island 1912 (13) (1910-13) Edward Atkinson Trust N.Z.

1915 (10) Imperial Trans-Antarctic Æneas Mackintosh 1916 (4) Expedition (1914-17) Aurora Not designated

Commonwealth 1912 (18) Australasian Antarctic Expedition Mawson's Hut Bay 1913 (7) (1911-14) Aurora Foundation and Australian Antarctic Division

Ruins (roofless) (5) 1903 (20) Swedish South Polar Expedition Instituto Antártico (1901-03) Antarctic Argentino

Hope Bay 1903 (3) Swedish South Polar Expedition Gunnar Andersson Instituto Antártico (1901-03) Antarctic Argentino

Laurie Island, 1903 Scottish National Antarctic William Bruce Instituto Antártico South Orkney Expedition (1902-04) Argentino Islands (33 in 1903) 1904 (5) Oficina Meteorológica Argentina Robert Mossman (1904-05) Scotia

Booth Island 1904 French Antarctic Expedition Jean-Baptiste (1905-05) Français (20 in 1904) Charcot magnetic observatory 1911 (6) British Antarctic Expedition Victor Campbell Antarctic Heritage (1910-13) Terra Nova Trust N.Z.

Sites where huts were deployed but where they no longer exist (9) Reason for loss Iles Kerguelen 1902 (5) German South Polar Expedition Emil Werth Dilapidation (1901-03)

King Edward 1907 (1) – Norwegian whalers Erik Nordenhaag Demolition in 1974 Point, South 1955 ( transport vessels) (meteorologist) by British Antarctic Georgia and later ones Survey

Petermann Island 1909 French Antarctic Expedition Jean-Baptiste Removal at end of (1908-10) Porquoi Pas ? (30) Charcot expedition magnetic observatory

Bay of Whales 1911 (9) Norwegian Antarctic Expedition Calving of the lce (1910-12) Shelf

Inexpressible 1912 (6) British Antarctic Expedition Victor Campbell Ablation and melting Island (1910-13) Terra Nova

Shackleton lce 1912 (8) Australasian Antarctic Expedition Calving of the lce Shelf (1911-14) Aurora Shelf

Macquarie Island 1912 (5) Australasian Antarctic Expedition Demolition in 1948 1913 (5) (1911-14) Aurora ·· by Australian 1914 (3) Commonwealth Meteorological Harold Power National Antarctic 1915 (3) Expedition (1914-16) Endeavour Arthur Tulloch Research Expedition

Point Wild, 1916 (22) Imperial Trans-Antarctic Frank Wild Overwhelmed by sea Expedition (1914-16), two boats from

Waterboat Point 1921 (2) British Expedition to Thomas Bagshawe Dilapidation (1920-22)

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 , , , 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.