<\/a>Arrival heights, a few weeks ago after some snow <\/div>
With hut point on the left end<\/div><\/div>
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<\/a>Scott's hut <\/div>
Earlier in the week, on the day I went inside<\/div><\/div>
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<\/a>Inside Scott's Hut <\/div>
The extrance area is blocked from the fire area, to conserve heat<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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<\/a>Except for the hole <\/div>
Age, or easy access?<\/div><\/div>
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<\/a>Capt Scott's Antarctic Expedition, 1910 <\/div>
Lamp Oil<\/div><\/div>
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<\/a>Seal meat <\/div>
Which doesn't rot because it's so dry and cold<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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<\/a>Pure concentrated cocoa <\/div>
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<\/a>Seal blubber stove <\/div>
In the blocked-off rear<\/div><\/div>
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<\/a>Main hangout area? <\/div>
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<\/a>Storage shelves <\/div>
Mostly empty<\/div><\/div>
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<\/a>Storage shelves <\/div>
Less empty<\/div><\/div>!["Special dog biscuits" \u2022 <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/27717602@N03\/8341498842\/" target="_blank">View on Flickr<\/a>](https:\/\/farm9.static.flickr.com\/8219\/8341498842_dd2296bff3_m.jpg "\\"Special dog biscuits\\"")
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<\/a>"Special dog biscuits" <\/div>
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<\/a>Scott's hut, again <\/div>
On a sunny day<\/div><\/div>
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<\/a>Floating pier, constructed from dirt and ice <\/div>
Between town and Hut Point<\/div><\/div>
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<\/a>Clearing around the pier <\/div>
A lot of work goes into pier preparation, so that supplies can be offloaded for the following season<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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<\/a>Hauling ice <\/div>
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<\/a>Pengiun! <\/div>
Adelie penguin<\/div><\/div>
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<\/a>Penguin! <\/div>
Standing around<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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<\/a>Penguin! <\/div>
Briefly does something<\/div><\/div>
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<\/a>Penguin! <\/div>
Lies down<\/div><\/div>
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<\/a>Penguin! <\/div>
Stays on it's belly, and I get bored and leave<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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While we’re back in town for flight monitoring, there’s more time for seeing the sights. One sight open over the new year’s break was RF Scott’s hisotrical hut, just outside of town. So, I went inside and explored that. Otherwise, we’ve also been to Hut Point a few times as it’s a prime location for wildlife spotting. I managed to encounter a penguin one day, and an especially active seal another. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[9,15],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6122"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6122"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6122\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6125,"href":"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6122\/revisions\/6125"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6122"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6122"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6122"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}