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Day 13: Cape Evans, Hut Point and McMurdo Sound

Today’s highlight at Cape Evans was the Terra Nova expedition hut. We also hiked about a mile to see the glacier and Scott’s South Pole exploration starting point.

Hike to glacier moraine. Penguin footprints are clearly visible on the fresh snow
With windchill, we are all bundled up

The Tera Nova hut is also respected and is very well restored and taken care by NZ Heritage Group.

Famous Terra Nova Hut
Hardwood dining table in the hut

After Cape Evans we visited Hut Point (which has Scott’s hut from Discovery mission) but we could not land because of packed ice at the shoreline.

Could not land at the hut here because of packed ice. So just took picture from the ship. Look ate the bottom wooden structure

We instead did a ship cruise along McMurdo station and Scott’s base in the McMurdo sound which is start point of Ross Ice Shelf area.

McMurdo station – very industrial look

We saw a plane land and take off from the ice air strip intended for the McMurdo station. We saw some Minke whales and there was a raft of emperor penguins that crossed the ship’s bow

Plane taking off from airstrip on ice shelf

We ended with a group photo on deck 8 under sunny skies and biting wind, everyone braving it with a smile for the photo.

We also saw Emperor Penguins, Weddell seals orcas and minky whales while cruising on the ship.

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