Damoy Point Walk - Hut

During lunch, the Pursuit headed out of Port Lochroy and around to the corner to Damoy Point, a headland off the western side Wiencke Island.

We were allowed to go ashore and visit the surrounding area, including a hut built by the British in 1973 and used as a summer air facility and transit station for scientific personnel at that time. Since 2009, the hut has been managed by the UK Antarctic Heritage Trust, a British charity responsible for managing six historic huts on the Antarctic Peninsula. (Remember the guys at Port Lochroy? Some of them have been working on this one, and repainting it.)

I had a lovely walk to visit the hut which is now a museum.Read more