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Poster: Mike
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The bleached exterior of Shackleton's Hut, erected in 1908 by his 'Discovery' Expedition at Cape Royds on Ross Island, restored in 1961 and now maintained by the NZ Antarctic Heritage Trust. |
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· Date: Sat, 25, March, 2006 · Views: 43619 · Filesize: 37.7kb, 406.2kb · Dimensions: 2500 x 1667 ·
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Mike
Rookie Explorer
Registered: November 2004
Location: Wales, UK
Posts: 12
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Sat, 25, March, 2006 12:46pm
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Mike: before anyone else spots my typo above, it was of course the 'Nimrod' expedition, not the Discovery...sorry folks!
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Paul Ward
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Registered: December 2005
Location: Cambridgeshire UK
Posts: 231
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Sat, 25, March, 2006 4:59pm
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It still surprises me that these historic huts are still standing and can be visited. I know it's only 100 years ago, but somehow by being in Antractica, it's almost as if they're in a different dimension.
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