HISTORIC HUTS IN THE ANTARCTIC FROM THE HEROIC AGE R. K. Headland, 18 May 2017 Scott Polar Research Institute, Lensfield Road, Cambridge, United Kingdom, CB2 1ER <[email protected]> Existing huts (7) Location Winter year Expedition (year) vessel Winter leader Maintained by (personnel) (winter complement) Cape 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) Discovery 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 South Polar Expedition Otto Nordenskjöld Instituto Antártico 1903 (6) (1901-03) Antarctic Argentino Laurie Island, 1906 (5) – Oficina Meteorológica Argentina Albin Lind and Instituto Antártico South Orkney present (1905-06) Austral subsequent leaders Argentino Islands Cape Royds, 1908 (15) British Antarctic Expedition Ernest Shackleton Antarctic Heritage Ross Island (1907-09) Nimrod Trust N.Z. Cape Evans, Ross 1911 (25) British Antarctic Expedition. Robert Scott Antarctic Heritage Island 1912 (13) (1910-13) Terra Nova 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 Douglas Mawson Mawson's Hut Bay 1913 (7) (1911-14) Aurora Foundation and Australian Antarctic Division Ruins (roofless) (5) Paulet Island 1903 (20) Swedish South Polar Expedition Carl Anton Larsen 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) Scotia 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 Cape Adare 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) Gauss King Edward 1907 (1) – Norwegian whalers Erik Nordenhaag Demolition in 1974 Point, South 1955 (Grytviken 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 Roald Amundsen Calving of the lce (1910-12) Fram Shelf Inexpressible 1912 (6) British Antarctic Expedition Victor Campbell Ablation and melting Island (1910-13) Terra Nova Shackleton lce 1912 (8) Australasian Antarctic Expedition Frank Wild Calving of the lce Shelf (1911-14) Aurora Shelf Macquarie Island 1912 (5) Australasian Antarctic Expedition George Ainsworth 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 Elephant Island Expedition (1914-16), two boats from Endurance Waterboat Point 1921 (2) British Expedition to Graham Land Thomas Bagshawe Dilapidation (1920-22) Svend Foyn 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. .