--- description: A new panorama of Antarctica by Google's Street View takes a look inside Ernest Shackleton's expeditionary huts, more than a century after they were built. title: Google Street View Goes to Antarctica image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltaab2849cc58755c4/69879f55f887dc8049e8c1cb/hut-tout.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [LightBox](/tag/time-section-lightbox/) ## LightBox Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Google Street View Goes to Antarctica by [Doug Aamoth](/author/doug-aamoth/) ## Doug Aamoth Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 17, 2012 5:45 PM CUT  by [Doug Aamoth](/author/doug-aamoth/) ## Doug Aamoth Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 17, 2012 5:45 PM CUT _A note to viewers: TIME.com suggests viewing the panorama in full-screen mode. For visitors on a mobile device or tablet, we recommend utilizing our versions optimized for a fully immersive experience:_ [_iPAD version_](http://ti.me/MrvnvP "undefined") _|_ [_iPHONE version_](http://ti.me/PbgMHE "undefined") _Above: The interior of Shackleton’s Hut displays the host of supplies used in early 20th century Antarctic expeditions—everything from medicine and food to candles and cargo sleds can be found neatly stored inside. You can immerse yourself in all of Google’s newly released imagery_ [_here_](https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en-US&ll=-77.552947,166.168246&spn=7.114964,53.305664&sll=-77.552923,166.168368&cid=18136866687947903283&gl=US&t=v&z=5&layer=c&panoid=IOpxazFg6mE9O-qaLRC%5FuQ&cbll=-77.552947,166.168246&cbp=13,59.41852710570044,,0,0 "undefined")_._ Though Google first grabbed panoramic Street View images of Antarctica [back in 2010](http://google-latlong.blogspot.com/2010/09/explore-world-with-street-view-now-on.html "undefined"), the search giant [recently returned](http://google-latlong.blogspot.com/2010/09/explore-world-with-street-view-now-on.html "undefined") to the world’s least-populated continent to capture historic sites such as the South Pole and the insides of buildings that have battled the elements for more than a century. Taking a virtual look inside places that provided shelter for Antarctica’s earliest explorers, such as [Shackleton’s Hut](https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en-US&ll=-77.553062,166.169007&spn=0.002225,0.015632&sll=-77.552923,166.168368&layer=c&cid=18136866687947903283&panoid=IOpxazFg6mE9O-qaLRC%5FuQ&cbp=13,82.46,,0,0&gl=US&t=h&z=17&cbll=-77.552947,166.168246 "undefined") and [Scott’s Hut](https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en-US&ll=-77.636289,166.418238&spn=0.00221,0.015632&sll=-77.636152,166.417589&layer=c&cid=2717668517326861684&panoid=AfGF5tFC13NdN-qI2yHC8Q&cbp=13,65.26,,0,0&gl=US&t=h&z=17&cbll=-77.636236,166.417266 "undefined"), is like stepping back in time. “They were built to withstand the drastic weather conditions only for the few short years that the explorers inhabited them,” says Google. “But remarkably, after more than a century, the structures are still intact, along with well-preserved examples of the food, medicine, survival gear and equipment used during the expeditions.” Street View photos are normally gathered using specially modified cars, trikes and even snowmobiles, but the latest crop of immersive imagery was collected using only “a lightweight tripod with a fisheye lens,” according to Google. In an area as unforgiving as Antarctica, Google says it “worked with this technology because of its portability, reliability and ease-of-use.” (**Photos**:[_Captain Scott and Captain Shackleton: A 100-year-old expedition)_](http://lightbox.time.com/2011/12/16/captain-scott-and-captain-shackleton-a-100-year-old-expedition/#1 "undefined") The end result may not be quite the same as being there in person, but it’s definitely a historically interesting step forward. And it’s a lot warmer, safer and less expensive, too. **“After months of want and hunger, we suddenly found ourselves able to have meals fit for the gods, and with appetites the gods might have envied.”—Ernest Shackleton** For more about how Street View works, [head over to Techland](http://techland.time.com/2012/07/17/antarctica-and-more-how-google-grabs-panoramic-street-view-imagery/ "undefined"). ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3790314/google-street-view-goes-to-antarctica/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3790314/google-street-view-goes-to-antarctica/"},"headline":"Google Street View Goes to Antarctica","datePublished":"2012-07-17T17:45:44.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:59:32.218Z","description":"A new panorama of Antarctica by Google's Street View takes a look inside Ernest Shackleton's expeditionary huts, more than a century after they were built.","url":"https://time.com/3790314/google-street-view-goes-to-antarctica/","keywords":["LightBox","Science topic","interactive","Toolbox"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltaab2849cc58755c4/69879f55f887dc8049e8c1cb/hut-tout.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Doug Aamoth","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/doug-aamoth/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltaab2849cc58755c4/69879f55f887dc8049e8c1cb/hut-tout.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"hut-tout","caption":"","creditText":"","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-lightbox/","name":"LightBox"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3790314/google-street-view-goes-to-antarctica/","name":"Google Street View Goes to Antarctica"}}]}] ```