Hut Point from McMurdo Station
Photographer
Leslie Bowden Quartermain
(New Zealand, 1895 - 1973)
Date1959-1960
Object number00054053
NameSlide
MediumCellulose acetate slide, colour
DimensionsOverall: 35 x 35 mm
Copyright© Alan Quartermain and Marion Rego
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineANMM Collection
DescriptionA colour slide showing Robert Falcon Scott's hut, known as Discovery Hut, at Hut Point in Antarctica. This hut was built for Scott's 1901 expedition and is now protected under the National Historic Places Trust.
Handwritten with blue ink on mount reads "Hut Point from McMurdo Station notice gasoline storage tanks and icebreaker northwind".
This slide is part of a selection of 18 colour transparencies taken by New Zealand scientist Leslie Bowden Quartermain on his expedition to McMurdo Station in 1959.
HistoryLeslie Bowden Quartemain, Antarctic Division, Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, published 'Two Huts in the Antarctic' in 1963 about the history and preservation of huts at Cape Royds (built by Shackleton) and Cape Evans (built by Scott) on Ross Island in the Ross Sea area.
SignificanceAustralia has jurisdiction over about one third of the icy Antarctic continent; telling its stories and contextualising considerations about its future are important responsibilities for the Australian National Maritime Museum.
