Video: 120-year-old painting discovered in a hut at the South Pole
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55
In a hut in Antarctica, a watercolor painting was discovered under a layer of penguin droppings. It depicts a small bird. This painting was painted by a British zoologist, artist and physician named Edward Wilson. He sailed to Antarctica with Robert Scott, who is one of the discoverers of the South Pole. Returning from a trip in 1912, Wilson died.
Watercolor painting, painted in 1899, where the artist depicted a dead bird of gray color, lying upside down. She was found in a hut located at Cape Adair, which is located in East Antarctica in the far northeast of Victoria Land. In the temporary shelter of researchers, a total of 1,500 artifacts were found, the restoration of which is being carried out by specialists.
Immediately after this painting, painted in watercolor, was discovered, experts could not say who its author was. There were two versions. According to the first version, it was created by a member of the expedition Carsten Borchgrevink, who built two huts at Cape Adair. According to the second version, it was written by a member of Scott's expedition, who used the huts on this promontory as a place of temporary residence. Only later did experts establish that the painting was painted by the talented artist Edward Wilson, who was still a doctor and scientist. He was one of the members of the 1911-1912 expedition led by Robert Scott.
Experts suggest that the bird was painted by Wilson back in Europe, when he was undergoing treatment for tuberculosis. He decided to take this picture with him to Antarctica. The painting was kept between thick sheets of paper for the entire time, away from sunlight and at low temperatures. These conditions contributed to the safety of the work in excellent condition.
The first expedition to and from the South Pole led by Robert Scott took place in 1901-1904. On the second expedition, his team reached the South Pole in mid-January 1912. None of his team was destined to get home to Scott - they all died from physical exhaustion, hunger and cold.
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