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Cash plea for Captain Scott hut | Cash plea for Captain Scott hut |
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Campaigners are demanding government help raise £3m to restore the Antarctic hut used by Captain Scott on his final expedition to the south pole. | Campaigners are demanding government help raise £3m to restore the Antarctic hut used by Captain Scott on his final expedition to the south pole. |
The Discovery hut, at Cape Evans in New Zealand territory, is at risk after almost 100 years of harsh weather. | The Discovery hut, at Cape Evans in New Zealand territory, is at risk after almost 100 years of harsh weather. |
The Antarctic Heritage Trust wants UK funding to restore the hut - along with one used by Scott's fellow British explorer, Sir Ernest Shackleton. | The Antarctic Heritage Trust wants UK funding to restore the hut - along with one used by Scott's fellow British explorer, Sir Ernest Shackleton. |
But the work has been turned down for Lottery funding. | But the work has been turned down for Lottery funding. |
The Antarctic Heritage Trust hopes to restore the huts, originally built to survive at most one or two winters, to the condition they were when the explorers left them. | The Antarctic Heritage Trust hopes to restore the huts, originally built to survive at most one or two winters, to the condition they were when the explorers left them. |
Scott famously perished after reaching the south pole in January 1912, where he had discovered that his team had been beaten to their goal by a rival Norwegian expedition. | |
High-profile backers | High-profile backers |
Shackleton achieved a first when he reached within 100 miles of the pole in 1909. | Shackleton achieved a first when he reached within 100 miles of the pole in 1909. |
Some funding for the restoration has been given by the government of New Zealand, in whose territory the huts stand, and the US-based Getty Foundation. | Some funding for the restoration has been given by the government of New Zealand, in whose territory the huts stand, and the US-based Getty Foundation. |
But the British government says there is not enough money for heritage projects in the UK let alone ones abroad. | But the British government says there is not enough money for heritage projects in the UK let alone ones abroad. |
The campaign has attracted the support of high-profile figures including broadcaster Sir David Attenborough, actor Sir Kenneth Branagh, English Heritage chairman Sir Neil Cossons and polar explorers Sir Ranulph Fiennes and David Hempleman-Adams. | The campaign has attracted the support of high-profile figures including broadcaster Sir David Attenborough, actor Sir Kenneth Branagh, English Heritage chairman Sir Neil Cossons and polar explorers Sir Ranulph Fiennes and David Hempleman-Adams. |
Sir David Attenborough said: "The huts are monuments to the great age of heroic exploration and it would be a scandal if Britain failed to provide the money to make sure that this astonishing place is protected for future generations." | Sir David Attenborough said: "The huts are monuments to the great age of heroic exploration and it would be a scandal if Britain failed to provide the money to make sure that this astonishing place is protected for future generations." |