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Erecting the First Hut
Base H - Signy Island Antarctica

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  Photograph courtesy R. Burton

Men from the Armed Merchant Cruiser HMS Carnarvon castle, a converted cruise liner, was sent South in 1943 to search for possible Japanese or German raiding parties. They also looked for signs of Argentine claims of possession and substituted them with British ones.

The first hut was erected in Sandefjord Bay on Coronation Island, but soon abandoned due to the exposed position and difficulty of getting around the Island.

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This picture is one of a collection assembled in 2007 on the 60th anniversary of Signy Island Base: 60°43'S 045°36'W. Thank you to those who sent their treasured memories of their time in Antarctica and allowed them to be made into a commemorative cd and then placed here on the web.

My commentary is taken from notes I was sent with the pictures if any. Corrections or additions, please

The reunion weekend was 14-16 September 2007.

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