Douglas Mawson named Cape Denison ‘Home of the Blizzard’, as it is the windiest place on earth at sea level
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Australian Antarctic Expedition living quarters (at rear) and the workshop hut. One of the tasks of the 2010 conservation project was to remediate the roof of the workshop hut. The orange coating visible here was a sealant that had to be painstakingly removed and the debris disposed of back in Australia. Image Stirling Smith