Century Old Note Found - An interesting and rather rare find has been made by explorers when they went to look for ancient artifacts on the freezing continent of Antarctica.
The century old note found story revolves around the most recent find Antarctic explorers made: an ancient notebook belonging to surgeon and photographer George Murray Levick.
The rare finding was discovered at one of the locations where Robert Falcon Scott's 1910-13 expedition took place.
Levick was apparently part of Scott's expedition team, and he scribbled all his notes about the photos he took during their voyage in 1911 at Cape Adare in the century old notebook found by modern-day explorers, according to WDBJ7.com.
As per historical texts, Scott and his men unfortunately passed away during their journey in Antarctica because of starvation, depletion of supplies and the rather extreme icy climate.
The century old note found is titled "Welcome Photographic Exposure Record and Diary 1910" and it is surprisingly quite intact despite the harsh weather conditions it faced for over a hundred years.
"It's an exciting find," Director of the Antarctic Heritage Trust Nigel Watson said of the century old notebook. "The notebook is a missing part of the official expedition record. After spending seven years conserving Scott's last expedition building and collection, we are delighted to still be finding new artifacts."
The century old note was reportedly found in January 2013 after the summer snow began to melt at the Cape Evans base, said Communications Manager for the Trust Paula Granger.
The ancient notebook's binding may have dissolved but the pages are still very much intact. It contains notes such as dates, subjects and brief descriptions of the photos Levick took throughout their Cape Adare journey, reports Capital Wired.
The Trust said that they enlisted the professional services of paper conservator Aline Leclercq to separate the pages of the century old notebook found, clean each piece and sew them back together using cover elements.
The latest rare finding is now considered as one of the 11,000 artifacts retrieved at Cape Evans, said Granger.
Just last December, 100-year-old negatives in one of Scott's huts and the Trust believes that the said negatives were taken during Ernest Schakleton's 1914-1917 Ross Sea Party exploration. Just like Scott's expedition, Shackleton's also didn't end up well as they were forced to live in one of Scott's hut after their ship blew out to sea.
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