Winter Island (Antarctica)

Winter Island is an island 0.5 nautical miles (0.9 km) long, lying 0.1 nautical miles (0.2 km) north of Skua Island in the Argentine Islands, Wilhelm Archipelago. Winter Island was named by the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE), 1934–37, which made this island the site of its winter base during 1935.

Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey established a base on Winter Island in 1947, Base F (Argentine Islands).[1] The main hut, built on the site of the old BGLE hut, was named "Wordie House" after Sir James Wordie, a member of Shackleton's Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition who visited during its construction.[2]

The base moved to the adjacent Galindez Island in May 1954, and was renamed Faraday Station in 1977.

Wordie House has been restored and is designated as Historic Site and Monument No. 62.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ BAS Faraday Station F
  2. ^ "History". Ukrainian Antarctic Station "Akademik Vernadsky". http://www.antarctida.kiev.ua/english/. Retrieved 2007-11-24. 
  3. ^ "Wordie House". British Antarctic Survey. http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/about_antarctica/environment/special_areas/wordie_house.php. Retrieved 2007-11-24. 

 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Winter Island (Antarctica)" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).