(the “Website”), is operated by HERITAGEDAILYĬookies are small text files that are stored in the web browser that allows HERITAGEDAILY or a third party to recognise you. In my mind’s eye, I saw the four men fussing around their tent – transposing again the historic photographs on to the snowy stretch in front of me, I couldn’t help smiling and saying ‘hello boys’.” Contributing Source : Cambridge News HeritageDaily : Archaeology News : Archaeology Press Releases It is a reminder of both the dangers and thrills of Antarctic science and a fitting tribute to the great legacies of exploration and discovery left to us by all the brave men of that party”Īdded Oppenheimer: “I was tremendously excited to discover the camp site. Philippa Foster Back, granddaughter of Professor Frank Debenham and Chair of the The United Kingdom Antarctic Heritage Trust (UKAHT) said: “Clive Oppenheimer’s location of the original ‘highest camp’ is a wonderful addition to all the activity which has taken place throughout 2012 to mark the centenary of Captain Scott’s expedition. It is fitting that this camp site should be revisited for the first time during the centenary of Scott’s last expedition.” SPRI Director Professor Julian Dowdeswell said: “Debenham’s idea for what was to become, through his efforts, the Scott Polar Research Institute, came during his time on Mt. After serving in World War I, Debenham was the founding Director of Cambridge University’s Scott Polar Research Institute. The climb is of historical significance as it was during his time on Mount Erebus that geologist Frank Debenham had the idea of a ‘Polar Research Institute’. They undertook mapping and collected geological specimens. The team was led by geologist Raymond Priestley and included Tryggve Gran, a Norwegian ski specialist Frederick Hooper, formerly a steward on the Terra Nova, Able Seaman Harry Dickason RN, Petty Officer George Abbott RN and geologist Frank Debenham. In 1912, a team from the shore party of the Terra Nova Expedition climbed Mount Erebus. Within another minute or two, somehow, I’d found it.”
I was beginning to think I was looking for a needle in a haystack when I noticed a gateway to an almost hidden area I had not previously spotted on many routine travels. “Looking through the thousands of photos on SPRI’s Freeze Frame portal, I saw several pictures of the 1912 site, tried to memorise them, then fired up a snowmobile and set off around the summit cone. He said: “Despite many scientific missions to Erebus over the past four decades, no one has ever discovered the original ‘highest camp’ – as it was described in a 1913 account called ‘Scott’s Last Expedition’. Oppenheimer, a volcanologist, is in Antarctica as part of the United States Antarctic Program. On Wednesday the 12 of December 2012, at 1am (New Zealand Time), Professor Oppenheimer re-enacted the ascent from the area of the camp to summit – exactly 100 years after Scott’s men struggled through the thin air and freezing temperatures to the summit of the active volcanic crater. An archaeological survey is also now expected to record the area and search for any items that may have been left behind by the 1912 party.
Following his discovery, co-ordinated international action between the UK, USA and New Zealand is already underway to ensure the camp site is protected.
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