Blocky Cape Evans
- kfurnell
- May 14, 2023
- 2 min read
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The images below represent the front porch entrance and the stables entrance to the Cape Evans hut.
In the first image, we can see the stores annexe on the right-hand side. This, maintained by Lieutenant Henry Bowers, was storage for the men's food.
The rails here represent ladders.
This build has incorporated villagers to represent the expedition's officers and men. Although the villager roles are limited in-game, the jobs are related to the men's roles. For example, Navigator, Edward Evans is represented by a Cartographer villager.
The ponies and dogs of the expedition were kept in the stables. The build has 31 dogs and 17 ponies. It is evident here how crowded the hut was! 25 men also occupied the hut, meaning sleeping close together was inevitable.
Many of the animals in this build have been named the same as the men did on the expedition. Although the expedition was over 100 years ago they still treated animals similarly to us. In fact, one officer even took one of the dogs home with him.
I have represented the ponies as donkeys. The horses in-game are too big to represent the Siberian ponies they took on the expedition.
The ponies and dogs were used primarily for the transportation of objects, such as food and building materials. However, it is mentioned in the book of Herbert Ponting, the photographer of the expedition, that the dogs often provided lots of entertainment (Ponting, 1950). He wrote very fondly of these dogs.
References:
Herbert Ponting., The Great White South (Gerald Duckworth & Co LTD, 1950) pp. 175-178.
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