6th of June
Historical Antarctic Pictures and Events
1911 - "Birdie" Bowers reading the thermometer on the ramp. Lieutenant Henry Robertson Bowers known as "Birdie" for the size and shape of his nose was one of the hardest working and most dependable of Scott's men. He is pictured here taking a temperature reading from an exposed thermometer near to the Cape Evans hut. Bowers was one of Scott's South Pole Party. Watercolour by Edward Wilson on Scott's South Pole expedition 1910-1912.
