Analysis of timber weathering and wind velocity at Cape Adare, with comments on other historic sites in Antarctica

• Published in: Polar Record
• Main Author: Harrowfield, David L.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2006
• Subjects: General Earth and Planetary Sciences; Ecology; Geography, Planning and Development; Antarctic; Adare; Cape Adare; Borchgrevink; Ridley Beach; Ridley; Antarc*; Antarctica; Polar Record
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247406005584; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247406005584

At Cape Adare, there are three wooden historic huts in varying condition. Two are the first permanent structures erected in Antarctica for human habitation and were occupied in 1899 by the British Antarctic Expedition (1898–1900) led by C.E. Borchgrevink. The third hut was built in 1911 by the north...