From the 1993/94 Orient Lines Marco Polo brochure...
Cape Evans and Cape Royds
The huts left by Shackleton at Cape Royds and Scott at Cape Evans tell of the
courage and perseverance of the men who first explored Antarctica. Both are
maintained by the New Zealand Antarctic Society, and everything is just as it
was left, including bales of hay for the ponies, slabs of seal meat for the
huskies and many containers of food.
From the 1994 Orient Lines Grand Antarctic Circumnavigation brochure...
Ross Island, icebound on one side by the Ross Ice Shelf and fronted by
McMurdo Sound on the other, is instantly recognizable by the sharp peaks of
Mount Erebus and Mount Terror. The most historic place on the Antarctic
continent, Ross Island is the location of famous Hut Point at Cape Evans
where Scott's party lived before setting off for the Pole, and Shackleton's
hut at Cape Royds.
Both sites are now protected by the Antarctic Heritage Trust, a non-profit
organization dedicated to continuing the work of nature in preserving the
sites of the famous explorers. Thanks to the extremely cold and dry
environment, the abandoned refuges have remained intact with supplies at the
ready, long after their inhabitants' departure. Inside the huts you can see
many different articles demonstrating the extremely harsh conditions in which
these men lived and worked, yet at the same time surrounding themselves with
some of the comforts and memories of home.
Close to the shoreline at Cape Evans, Adelie penguins skate around on the ice
while at Cape Royds, a vast rookery encroaches on the remains of Shackleton's
hut. Killer whales have been spotted in these waters and, on rare occasions,
a lone emperor penguin has been spotted on a drifting ice floe.
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