APPENDIX IT 
THE EXPEDITION HUTS AT McMURDO 
SOUND 
By Sir E. H. Shackleton 
The following notes are designed for the benefit of future explorers 
who may make McMurdo Sound a base for inland operations, and 
to clear any inaccuracies or ambiguities concerning the history, 
occupation, and state of these huts. 
(1) The Nationai. Antabctic Expedition's Hut at Hitt 
Point — the Head of McMukdo Sound 
This hut was constructed by Captain Scott in 1902, by the 
Expedition sent out by the Royal Geographical Society, the Royal 
Society, the Government, and by private subscription. Captain 
Robert F. Scott was appointed to the command of the Expedition. 
I served as Third Lieutenant until February 1903, when I was in- 
valided home through a broken blood-vessel in the lungs, the direct 
result of ^scurvy contracted on the Southern journey. The Discovery 
hut wa/^'^a large strong building, but was so draughty and cold in 
comparison with the ship, which was moored one hundred yards 
away, that it was, during the first year, never used for Uving quarters. 
Its sole use was as a storehouse, and a large supply of rough stores, 
such as flour, cocoa, coffee, biscuit, and tinned meat, was left there 
in the event of its being used as a place of retreat should any disaster 
overtake the ship. During the second year occasional parties camped 
inside the hut, but no bunks or permanent sleeping quarters were 
ever erected. The discomfort of the hut was a byword on the 
Expedition, but it formed an excellent depot and starting-point 
for all parties proceeding to the south. 
When the Discovery finally left McMurdo Sound, the hut was 
stripped of all gear, including the stove, but there was left behind a 
large depot of the stores mentioned above. I was not aware of this 
xmtil I returned to McMurdo Sound in February 1908, when I sent 
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