Antarctica

Terra Nova Hut

Antarctica

Scott’s hut from the Terra Nova expedition is steeped in an incredible feeling of history. Here, dog skeletons bleach on the sand in the Antarctic sun,…

Shackleton’s Hut

Antarctica

Shackleton erected this structure on his Nimrod expedition in February 1908. Fifteen men lived in the hut, which is much smaller than Scott’s at Cape…

Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station

Antarctica

The South Pole station was built in phases, so the first group of occupants was able to take up residence in January 2003, and it was officially…

Lemaire Channel

Antarctic Peninsula

This steep-sided channel – just 1600m (5250ft) wide – runs for 11km (7 miles) between the mountains of Booth Island and the Peninsula. So photogenic that…

Christ Church Cathedral

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)

The great peat slip of 1886, a landslide which killed two people and damaged numerous buildings, wiped out Stanley’s Holy Trinity Church. The foundation…

Ceremonial South Pole

Antarctica

The resplendent flags of the original 12 Antarctic Treaty signatories surround this red-and-white-striped ‘barber’ pole, capped by a chromium globe, so it…

Science Facilities

Antarctica

Most of the scientific facilities at the Pole are off-limits to visitors, to avoid disrupting research. Other laboratories are off-limits because their…

Borchgrevink’s Huts

Antarctica

In February 1899, four years after Kristensen’s landing here, Borchgrevink was back at Cape Adare as the leader of the Southern Cross expedition. It took…