21st of June
It's Midwinter
Day in Antarctica, food, drink, indulgence and merriment.
1911 - Cherry Garrard with Scott:
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"We are very merry and indeed why not? The sun turns to come back to us to-night,
and such a day comes only once a year."
1913 Mawson:
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"For once, the weather rose to the occasion and calmed during the few hours
of the twilight-day. It was a jovial occasion, and we celebrated
it with the uproarious delight of a community of eighteen
young men unfettered by small conventions."
1915 - Shackleton, Endurance, photo taken at noon.
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"The day was observed as a holiday, necessary work only being undertaken, and,
after the best dinner the cook could provide, all hands
gathered in the Ritz, where speeches, songs, and toasts
occupied the evening."
