There is a British antarctic base in Port Lockroy that has been made into a little museum. It is on a very small island called Goudier Island, at 64 degrees, 49' south and 63 degrees, 30' west. It was established in 1944.
Some of the equipment on display used vacuum tubes (valves). The equipment included a big boxy ionosonde used to measure radio signal reflections off the ionosphere.
They also had old-fashioned skis and snowshoes, and a wheel dragged behind a sled to measure distances.
Food was generally canned, and probably still is in most of the bases that are open in winter.
At Port Lockroy and nearby Jougla Point there are many nesting Gentoo penguins and blue-eyed shags. The penguins build nests with pebbles, and the blue-eyed shags build nests with seaweed.
On Jougla Point there were some whale bones, including a line of bones from a backbone, and some long bones.
The view was beautiful.
The water was clear.
