11th of November
Historical Antarctic Pictures and Events


Otto Nordenskjold, Swedish Antarctic Expedition on the ship Antarctic, 1901-1904.

1903 - The Argentinian ship Uruguay reaches Paulet Island to rescue the remainder of the crew of the Antarctic which had been crushed by ice 9 months earlier 25 miles offshore.

The Uruguay is still afloat today as a museum ship in Buenos Aires


An artists impression in a French magazine of the rescue of the crew of the Antarctic at Paulet Island by the crew of the Urugyay.