118-year-old painting by British explorer discovered in Antarctica - News Summed Up

118-year-old painting by British explorer discovered in Antarctica


A lost 118-year-old painting by one of Britain's most famous explorers has been discovered in Antarctica. Scientists stumbled on the delicate watercolor of a bird in a hut on Cape Adare, a peninsula on the continent's far east side. The almost perfectly-preserved artwork was painted by Dr. Edward Wilson, a British polar explorer who died in Antarctica with his expedition leader Capt. The delicate painting is labeled '1899 Tree Creeper,' and depicts a white-breasted tree creeper bird. But how it ended up in the Cape Adare hut 12 years after Wilson painted it is a mystery.


Source: Fox News June 13, 2017 15:05 UTC



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