Two huts in the Antarctic

Booklet; entitled "Two huts in the Antarctic" by L.B. Quartermain. Published by R.E. Owen, Government printer, New Zealand, 1963. Featuring the following annotated images:

1. Map of Antarctic territories with various huts marked.

2. Map of Cape Royds and its Environs.

3. Photograph, black and white, of Borchgrevink’s hut at Cape Adare used during the Southern Cross Expedition 1899-1900.

4. Photograph, black and white, of a United States helicopter at Hut Point (the hut used during the Discovery Expedition 1901-1904), taken in February 1947.

5. Photograph, black and white, of the hut at Cape Royds 1908 (hut used by Shackleton’s men during the Nimrod Expedition). Captioned ‘at work on top of the pony stables and motor garage.

6. Photograph, black and white, of the garage at the Cape Royds hut, captioned ‘the motorcar in the garage and maize crusher on the right’.

7. A page from Raymond Priestley’s (geologist onboard the Nimrod Expedition) diary relating to the hut.

8. Photograph, black and white, Shackleton revisiting his hut at Cape Royds during the Imperial Trans Antarctic Expedition 1914-1917. (Left to right): F.G. Middleton (medical officer), Shackleton, M.H. Moyes (Navigator).

9. Photograph, black and white, showing the Cape Royds hut in 1948.

10. Photograph, black and white, showing New Zealanders visiting Shackleton’s 1908 hut in October 1957.

11. Photograph, black and white, of the Cape Royds area in 1957.

12. Photograph, black and white, interior of Cape Royds hut, 1957.

13. Photograph, black and white, of the restoration of areas of Shackleton’s 1908 hut – the stable and garage restored.

14. Photograph, black and white, of the restoration of areas of Shackleton’s 1908 hut – the kitchen restored.

15. Sketch of the hut at Cape Evans (used for Scott’s Terra Nova Expedition), captioned ‘Cape Evans: a week after landing’.

16. Photograph, black and white, of the hut at Cape Evans, captioned ‘the hut after winter’.

17. Photograph, black and white, of Robert Falcon Scott in his section of the hut at Cape Evans.

18. Photograph, black and white, of the officers and scientists section of the hut at Cape Evans, named ‘The Tenements’. (Left to right): Apsley Cherry-Garrard (assistant zoologist), Lieutenant Henry Bowers, Captain Lawrence Oates, Cecil Meares (in charge of the dogs), Edward Atkinson (surgeon).

19. Photograph, black and white, of the hut at Cape Royds in 1948.

20. Photograph, black and white, of the Americans visiting Scott’s Terra Nova hut in 1948.

21. Photograph, black and white, of the Cape Royds hut with a view of the Barne Glacier in the background.

22. Photograph, black and white, of the Cape Evans (Shackleton’s 1908 hut) in 1959.

23. Photograph of the laboratory inside the hut at Hut Point (used during Discovery Expedition 1901-1904 but used again during the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition 1914-1917). Shows physicists Richard Richards and Keith Jack in 1916.

24. Photograph, black and white, same laboratory as above but after restoration in 1961.

25. Letters found at Hut Point in 1960, left by John King Davies as part of the rescue party of the Endurance Expedition.

26. Photograph, black and white, captioned ‘Digging out the ice: the Officer’s table appears’.

27. Photograph, black and white, of ‘The Wardroom’ at Cape Evans.

28. Photograph, black and white, of the kitchen restoration.

29. Photograph, black and white, of the dark room before restoration.

30. Photograph of the wardroom at Cape Evans restored.

31. Photograph of Scott’s cubicle in the hut at Cape Evans restored.