Antarctica -- October-November 2010

The original prison building had five long cell blocks, coming out from a central guard station like spokes on a wheel. The five museums are (roughly in, if I recall correctly, three of the wings (some of the five museums are not large enough to fill an entire wing). One wing is (again, if I recall correctly) not currently in good enough condition to be used. The fifth wing was left pretty much as it was in prison days. This is a photo of that wing, with most of the cell doors open.

(3 Dec 2010)

The thing in the center of the corridor is a wood stove. There were apparenlty two such stoves per wing to heat the cell blocks during winter.

The cell blocks were two levels high. The linear features extending from the upper corners of the photo are the underside of the walkways that provide access to the upper rows of cells.