29th of January
Historical Antarctic Pictures and Events

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Carsten E. Borchgrevink, British Antarctic Expedition on the ship Southern Cross, 1898 - 1900.

1900 - Cape Adare, the ship arrived early in the morning, only Ellefsen the cook was awake, Captain Jensen of the Southern Cross entered the hut calling "Post" and drooped his mail sack on the ground, the sleepers all awoke and realised their isolation was over. Theirs was the first ever wintering party on land in Antarctica. On the day they left the hut, Louis Bernacchi wrote in his diary:

"May I never pass another 12 months in similar surroundings and conditions."