Hut Point

Whale off of Hut Point

Young Skua that hangs out at Hut Point

Seal, out by Hut Point

View of Hut Point

SACRED

TO THE MEMORY OF

GEORGE T. VINCE

AB R.N.

OF THE

" DISCOVERY "

WHO WAS DROWNED NEAR THIS SPOT

MARCH 11TH 1902

Vince's Cross at Hut Point. This was first erected in March 1902 by Scott's "Discovery" Expedition, the first expedition to overwinter at McMurdo Sound, Vince was the first man to lose his life here.  Vince slipped off the edge of the cliff and fell to the sea while returning to the ship during a blizzard.  The original cross has been subsequently re-erected on a more stable concrete plinth seen here.

Ice breaking up off Hut Point Jan 2010

View From Vince's Cross Nov 2009