21st of June
Historical Antarctic Pictures and Events
1911 - It's Midwinter Day in Antarctica, food, drink, indulgence and merriment. Cherry Garrard with Scott: "We are very merry and indeed why not? The sun turns to come back to us to-night, and such a day comes only once a year."
21st June - Midwinter. 1913 Mawson: "For once, the weather rose to the occasion and calmed during the few hours of the twilight-day. It was a jovial occasion, and we celebrated it with the uproarious delight of a community of eighteen young men unfettered by small conventions."
1915 - Midwinters Day. Shackleton, Endurance, photo taken at noon. "The day was observed as a holiday, necessary work only being undertaken, and, after the best dinner the cook could provide, all hands gathered in the Ritz, where speeches, songs, and toasts occupied the evening."
