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Borchgrevink’s Hut
Cape Adare
© Antarctic Heritage Trust - credit: Antarctic Heritage Trust
HISTORY OF EXPEDITION
MEET THE CREW
FAMOUS DISCOVERIES
GALLERY
Borchgrevink’s Hut
CAPE ADARE
This is the base associated with Carsten Borchgrevink’s British Antarctic (Southern Cross) Expedition 1898–1900 and later, Scott’s Northern Party expedition (1911). The site is notable not only for its role in the discovery of Antarctica but also as the only example left of humanity’s first building on any continent.
The Conservation Plan for Borchgrevink’s Hut at Cape Adare, developed as part of the Ross Sea Heritage Restoration Project, can be purchased by emailing info@nzaht.org
© Antarctic Heritage Trust - credit: Antarctic Heritage Trust
© Canterbury Museum - credit: Canterbury Museum
History of Expedition
1898 – 1900
British Antarctic (Southern Cross) Expedition, Cape Adare, Northern Victoria Land.
Borchgrevink’s party of 10 men was funded by magazine magnate Sir George Newnes. The expedition was scientific in nature with the aim of studying wildlife, completing meteorological and magnetic observations, and exploring the continent’s interior. Many of the expedition’s scientific records were lost but they did achieve some ‘firsts’: first to erect a building on the continent, winter over, and use dogs, sledges and skis for travel over land and sea ice. Expedition members Bernacchi and Colbeck produced a detailed map of the area that was used by later expeditions.
HUT LAYOUT
Carsten Borchgrevink’s expedition erected two huts, the living hut and the stores hut. Both measured just 5.5×6.5 metres each – a very small space for 10 men to live in for a year.
The third hut, built by the Northern Party, was a small hut modelled on the same pattern as the larger hut at Cape Evans. This hut has not withstood the high winds at Cape Adare and, with the exception of the cold porch, has collapsed leaving little more than the main frames of the end walls.
Cape Adare floor plan
Borchgrevink’s Crew（https://nzaht.org/conserve/explorer-bases/borchgrevinks-hut-cape-adare/crew/）
Meet the members of the British Antarctic Southern Cross Expedition 1898–1900.
Carsten Borchgrevink 34, COMMANDER（https://nzaht.org/conserve/explorer-bases/borchgrevinks-hut-cape-adare/crew/#carsten）
Louis Bernacchi 24, ASTRONOMER & PHYSICIST（https://nzaht.org/conserve/explorer-bases/borchgrevinks-hut-cape-adare/crew/#louis）
Nicolai Hanson 28, ZOOLOGIST（https://nzaht.org/conserve/explorer-bases/borchgrevinks-hut-cape-adare/crew/#nicolai）
William Colbeck 27, Magnetic Observer and Cartographer（https://nzaht.org/conserve/explorer-bases/borchgrevinks-hut-cape-adare/crew/#william）
Herlof Klovstad 30, Medical Officer（https://nzaht.org/conserve/explorer-bases/borchgrevinks-hut-cape-adare/conserve/explorer-bases/borchgrevinks-hut-cape-adare/crew/#herlof）
Hugh Blackwall Evans 23, ASSISTANT ZOOLOGIST（https://nzaht.org/conserve/explorer-bases/borchgrevinks-hut-cape-adare/crew/#hugh）
Anton Fougner 23, Assistant Zoologist（https://nzaht.org/conserve/explorer-bases/borchgrevinks-hut-cape-adare/crew/#anton）
Famous Discoveries
Antarctic Heritage Trust celebrates official launch of Conservation Management Plans at Government House Antarctic Heritage Trust is launching its second edition Conservation Management Plans (CMPs) for the five historic huts in the Ross Sea region of Antarctica September 8, 2026 / by Brittany Fox（https://nzaht.org/launching-conservation-management-plans/） Two Weeks at Cape Adare In this blog, learn about artefact conservation projects inside an historic hut at one of the most remote places on Earth September 13, 2021 / by Comms（https://nzaht.org/two-weeks-at-cape-adare/）
Augmented Reality News
Cape Adare buildings Antarctic’s most significant In this blog, learn about Carsten Borchgrevink and his Southern Cross expedition (1898-1900), during which the first ever base in Antarctica was established. December 20, 2021 / by Comms（https://nzaht.org/cape-adare-buildings-antarctics-most-significant/） Inspiring Explorers™ live up to their name Inspiring the spirit of exploration in the next generation is one of the primary goals of the My Explorer Journal experience on the Antarctic Heritage Trust’s new AR app. December 20, 2021 / by Comms（https://nzaht.org/inspiring-explorers-live-up-to-their-name/） The forgotten explorer and his incredible legacy In this blog, learn about Carsten Borchgrevink and his Southern Cross expedition (1898-1900), during which the first ever base in Antarctica was established. October 4, 2021 / by Comms（https://nzaht.org/the-forgotten-explorer-and-his-incredible-legacy/） The Creation of My Explorer Journal In this blog, we hear from Anzac Gallate, a member of the Antarctic Heritage Trust’s 2020 Inspiring Explorers Expedition™ to the Antarctic Peninsula, who is the creative visionary behind My Explorer Journal.