8th of November
Historical
Antarctic Pictures and Events
Otto Nordenskjold, Swedish Antarctic Expedition on the ship Antarctic, 1901-1904.
1903 - Officers from the Argentinian ship Uruguay arrive at Snow Hill Island as a pre-arranged rescue for Nordenskjold and his Swedish Antarctic expedition after their ship had failed to reach South America several months previously.
Later that day Captain Larsen and 5 others arrived after rowing for 180km from Paulet Islandwith news that the crew of the ship Antarctic were still alive, they had endured an enforced winter when their ship sank 25 miles offshore, they were rescued from Paulet Island by the Uruguay.
The Antarctic stuck in ice, shortly before she was crushed and
sank
An artists impression in a French magazine of the rescue at
Snow Hill Island by the crew of the Urugyay
The Snow Hill Hut built in 1902, photgraphed in 2019. The hut
is maintained by the Argentine government through their Marambio
station 21km away on Seymour Island
Photo Instituto Antarctico
Argentino