The boredom of long and dark polar nights combined with the skills of the party's carpenter resulted in a relatively cosy interior of the hut. Although heated by a stove running on seal blubber, everything inside the hut was quickly covered with a thick layer of black soot. The familiar looking ketchup bottle on the shelf had its expiry date sometime around 1916.
The boredom of long and dark polar nights combined with the skills of the party's carpenter resulted in a relatively cosy interior of the hut. Although heated by a stove running on seal blubber, everything inside the hut was quickly covered with a thick layer of black soot. The familiar looking ketchup bottle on the shelf had its expiry date sometime around 1916.