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0766541 - American helicopter pilots from a U.S. Icebreaker in Antarctic waters are said to have taken a number of Souvenirs from the historic Antarctic huts of Captain Scott and Sir Ernest Shackleton.
The pilots flew to the 50-year-old huts, about 20 miles apart on Ross Island, to say prayers. They returned with Mementoes: A few scraps of wood found outside Scott's hut, and a bottle of medicine form inside Shackleton's hut.
Officials of the operation "Deep Freeze" have issued strict orders that nothing must be moved from the huts by visiting Americans.
Photo shows: Shackleton's hut as it looked in 1911, when used by members of the Scott expedition. The hut was built during Shackleton's 1908 expedition.
23 December 1955
©2004 Credit:Topham Picturepoint
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![American helicopter pilots from a U.S. Icebreaker in Antarctic waters are said to have taken a number of Souvenirs from the historic Antarctic huts of Captain Scott and Sir Ernest Shackleton.<br>The pilots flew to the 50-year-old huts, about 20 miles apart on Ross Island, to say prayers. They returned with Mementoes: A few scraps of wood found outside Scott's hut, and a bottle of medicine form inside Shackleton's hut. <br>Officials of the operation "Deep Freeze" have issued strict orders that nothing must be moved from the huts by visiting Americans.<br>Photo shows: Shackleton's hut as it looked in 1911, when used by members of the Scott expedition. The hut was built during Shackleton's 1908 expedition.<br>23 December 1955 <br>](../images/prevs/0766541.jpg "American helicopter pilots from a U.S. Icebreaker in Antarctic waters are said to have taken a number of Souvenirs from the historic Antarctic huts of Captain Scott and Sir Ernest Shackleton.<br>The pilots flew to the 50-year-old huts, about 20 miles apart on Ross Island, to say prayers. They returned with Mementoes: A few scraps of wood found outside Scott's hut, and a bottle of medicine form inside Shackleton's hut. <br>Officials of the operation "Deep Freeze\" have issued strict orders that nothing must be moved from the huts by visiting Americans.<br>Photo shows: Shackleton's hut as it looked in 1911, when used by members of the Scott expedition. The hut was built during Shackleton's 1908 expedition.<br>23 December 1955 <br>")