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During my three-day stay at Cape Royds I had plenty of opportunity to spend time in Shackleton’s Nimrod hut. It was built for the 1907-1909 British Antarctic Expedition, which was a lot smaller than Scott’s expedition that followed it (see Terra Nova hut below). There were only 16 men in this party hence the Nimrod hut is a lot smaller than the Terra Nova hut. It looked more interesting on the outside perhaps because it was small/compact and had better proportions and there were interesting objects right around the building itself. On the other hand it had much fewer objects and variety of spaces on the inside. It is impossible to represent in photographs the feeling of actually standing in these spaces. I am very grateful for the opportunity to spend time in the Nimrod and Terra Nova huts.