ANTARCTICA/AUSTRALIA: ENGINEERS AND ARCHITECTS RESTORE 86 YEAR-OLD HUTS ON ANTARCTICA

Record ID: 988898

  • Title: ANTARCTICA/AUSTRALIA: ENGINEERS AND ARCHITECTS RESTORE 86 YEAR-OLD HUTS ON ANTARCTICA
  • Date: 22nd February 1998
  • Summary: ANTARCTICA (RECENT) (SEVEN NET - NO ACCESS AUSTRALIA) 1. WS PENGUINS AND HUT 0.06 2. SCU BLOCK SHOWING "ERECTED TO COMMEMORATE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE MADE BY LIEUT. BES, NINNIS, RF, AND DR X. MERTZ IN THE CAUSE OF SCIENCE A.A.E 1913" (ENGLISH) 0.17 3. LV CRUCIFIX ON TOP OF HILL 0.23 4. SV ICE PAN UP TO PEOPLE RESTORING HUT 0.31 5. SLV PENGUINS IN FRONT OF HUT 0.37 6. CU SEA LION IN FRONT OF HUT 0.52 SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA (FEBRUARY 21, 1998) 7. SCU DAVID GILLIOTT, CARPENTER SAYING "IT IS NOT OUR AVERAGE RENOVATION, NOTHING LIKE QUEENSLAND WHERE I COME FROM. BUT IT IS A BASIC TOP CONSTRUCTION, CONSTRUCTION IS SIMPLE FOR THAT AGE, BUT NOT A STANDARD, STRAIGHT FORWARD CONSTRUCTION FOR QUEENSLAND." (ENGLISH) 1.06 ANTARCTICA (RECENT) 8. LV CARPENTERS POSING WITH FLAG OF AUSTRALIA ON TOP OF ROOF 1.13 9. SV/SLV CARPENTERS PUTTING NEW WINDOW ON ROOF (3 SHOTS) 1.40 10. DR ESTELLE RAZER, ARCHAEOLOGIST SAYING "WE USED WHAT IS REALLY A GROSS TECHNIC. I USUALLY WORK WITH TOOTHPICKS, SO THIS WAS RATHER A BIG CHANGE FOR ME. AND WE MANAGED TO CLEAR OUT HUGE AMOUNT OF ICE AND SNOW IN A VERY RIGOROUS AND CAREFUL FASHION. WE WERE ABLE TO LOOK AT THE WORK. I DON'T THINK WE MISSED ANY ARTIFACTS AT ALL. WE DID A VERY CAREFUL JOB." (ENGLISH) 2.01 ANTARCTICA (BLACK AND WHITE FILE VIDEO) 11. SLV PENGUINS AND SHIP 2.02 12. SV EXPLORERS 2.05 13. VARIOUS EXPLORERS (3 SHOTS) 2.15 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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  • Location: ANTARCTICA/ SYDNEY, NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA
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  • Country: ANTARCTICA Australia
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