Sign by Borchgrevink's Hut at Cape Adare

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Borchgrevink sign


BORCHGREVINK'S HUT, CAPE ADARE
THIS HUT IS AN HOSTORIC MONUMENT AND
PRESERVED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
PROVISIONS OF THE ANTARCTIC TREATY.
IT COMMEMORATES THE BRITISH
ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION OF 1898-1900,
LED BY C.E. BORCHGREVINK,
WHO BUILT THE HUT IN FEBRUARY 1899.



Photo; © Mike Usher - Pictures from an icebreaker cruise to Eastern Antarctica.