Part I: A Guide for Management, Part II: Description of the Cultural Resources and Recommendations: East Base Historic Monument, Stonington Island/Antarctic Peninsula

178 Pages·1993·9.6 MB·English

by  Spude, Catherine and Robert Spude

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EAST BASE
Historic Monument • Stonington Island/Antarctic Peninsula
Cover Sketch: From photograph ofEast Base in 1947 taken from Northeast Glacier during the
RonneAntarctic Research Expedition. Base buildings stand at right, theplanes are on frozen Back
Bay, and the British Base E is barely visible over the ridge above the science building tower.
Photo courtesy ofRonne Antarctic Research Expedition.
Printed on recycled paper
Part I: A Guide for Management
Part II: Description of the Cultural Resources
and Recommendations
April 1993 ^^
Catherine Holder Spude
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Robert L. Spude ^ \q<ft
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EAST BASE
Historic Monument • Stonington Island/Antarctic Peninsula
United States Department ofthe Interior • National Park Service • Denver Service Center
This material is based on activities supported by the National Science Foundation, under
agreement DPP-9104411. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed
in thispublication are those ofthe authors and do not necessarily reflect the views ofthe National
Science Foundation.
CONTENTS
PART A GUIDE FOR MANAGEMENT
I:
INTRODUCTION 3
GENERAL MANAGEMENT PHILOSOPHY
5
EAST BASE HISTORY 7
CULTURAL RESOURCES 15
EAST BASE CAMP BUILDINGS 15
VEHICLES 17
OTHER COMPONENTS
17
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR MANAGEMENT 19
STONINGTON ISLAND 19
Objective 19
Recommendations 19
EAST BASE CAMP BUILDINGS 23
Objective 23
Recommendations 23
THE VEHICLES 25
Objective 25
Recommendations 25
EAST BASE FIELD TEAM, 1991 26
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE 26
ANTARCTIC SUPPORT ASSOCIATES 26
PART DESCRIPTION OF THE CULTURAL RESOURCES
II:
& RECOMMENDATIONS
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
31
INTRODUCTION 33
DESCRIPTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT 35
SURVEY METHODOLOGY 35
SAMPLING STRATEGY 37
DESCRIPTION OF THE RESOURCES 41
MAIN BUILDING (BUNKHOUSE) 43
SCIENCE BUILDING 49
MACHINE SHOP
53
OUTPOST BUILDING (RONNE HUT) 53
STORAGE SHED 58
RADIO SYSTEM 59
COAL CACHES 61
FOOD CACHES
65
in
RONNE CACHE
71
THE DOMESTIC DUMPS 75
Dump C 75
Dump E 83
STRUCTURAL DUMPS 85
Dump D 85
Dump G 87
Dump F 89
THE NORTHWEST DUMPS AND CACHES 91
The Tracked Vehicles 91
Dump H 97
Hay Cache 97
Honey Bucket Dump 99
Dog Kennels 103
Paper Dump 104
Insulation Dump 105
Evidence of Seal Processing 107
NONRELATED FEATURES 109
CONCLUSIONS 113
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR MANAGEMENT 115
INTRODUCTION 115
MAIN BUILDING (BUNKHOUSE) 117
Objective 117
Recommendations 117
SCIENCE BUILDING 121
Objective 121
Recommendations 121
OUTPOST BUILDING (RONNE HUT) 123
Objective 123
Recommendations 123
MACHINE SHOP 124
Objective 124
Recommendations 124
STORAGE SHED 125
Objective 125
Recommendations 125
TANK AND TRACTOR 126
Objective 126
Recommendations 126
AIRPLANE ENGINE 127
Objective 127
Recommendations 127
FOOD CACHE 129
Objective 129
Recommendations 129
COAL CACHES 131
Objective 131
Recommendations 131
THE RONNE CACHE 133
Objective 133
Recommendations 133
IV
THE DOMESTIC DUMPS 135
Objective 135
Recommendations 135
STRUCTURAL AND OUTLYING DUMPS 137
Objective 137
Recommendations 137
HAY BALES 138
Objective 138
Recommendations 138
HONEY BUCKET DUMP 139
Objective 139
Recommendations 139
DOG TUNNELS AND SEAL PARTS 140
Objective 140
Recommendations 140
FLAGPOLE 141
Objective 141
Recommendations 141
SUMMARY OF SHORT-TERM RECOMMENDATIONS 143
CLEANUP
143
Hazardous Materials 145
Archeological Recovery and Sampling 147
LONGER TERM RECOMMENDATIONS 149
HISTORY 149
ARCHITECTURE 149
ARCHEOLOGY
149
CONSERVATION AND CURATION 151
SIGN AND INTERPRETATION RECOMMENDATIONS 151
APPENDIX A: SAMPLE OF DUMP C 153
APPENDLX B: SAMPLED ITEMS FROM DUMP E 154
APPENDIX C: SAMPLED CONTENTS OF DUMP D 156
APPENDIX D: CONTENTS OF CACHE L, SOUTH SIDE OF BUNKHOUSE 157
APPENDLX E: CONTENTS OF CACHE M WEST OF BUNKHOUSE 158
APPENDLX F: CONTENTS OF CACHE A 159
APPENDLX G: PARTIAL INVENTORY OF DUMP C 163
APPENDLX H: INVENTORY OF ARTIFACTS FOUND ON THE FLAGPOLE HILL 164
APPENDLX I: LIST OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 165
BIBLIOGRAPHY 167
*
U.S. Antarctic Service East Base leader Richard B. Black, with pipe, discusses camp construction
with Finn Ronne, April 8, 1940. Ronne reoccupied the base in 1947as leader ofthe RonneAntarctic
Research Expedition (National Archives).
Part A Guide for Management
I: