On October 17, 1993, I was in Mac Town (the affectionate name for the base of McMurdo) for the day. It was not a bad day, so while I was at the Balloon Shack, preparing a weather balloon to be launched, I took a photo of Hut Point - the larger hill on the left side of the photo. It is so named after the Hut that British explorer Robert Scott erected on the site (visible in the photo just left of center and at the base of the hill). The ice skating rink looking sturcture on the right side of the photo is actually the early stages of the Ice Pier where offloading of materials occur later in the summer when the ships begin to arrive.