‘Potential explosive hazards’ at Shackleton and Scott’s historically important huts in Antarctica
Old chemicals found inside two of Antarctica’s most significant historic huts could pose “potential explosive hazards”, a report has warned. Ernest Shackleton’s Nimrod Hut at Cape Royds and Captain Robert Falcon Scott’s Terra Nova Hut at Cape Evans are considered time capsules of the Heroic Era of early exploration in Antarctica. Shackleton’s Hut was built…