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Top 10 Images Of The Worldâs Eeriest Places
It seems that in every corner of the world, there are not only spectacular travel destinations to be found, but also paths that lead to eerie places full of mystery and creepiness. The hushed atmosphere of a lone or abandoned structure seems to always lead to tales of terror. On this list are images of just a few of the eeriest places around the world and the stories that surround them.
The gate in this picture doesn’t seem like it’s leading anywhere good, does it? In fact, historically it has been said to lead to not only dark cells, but chaos and death. The Yuma Territorial Prison in Arizona was built during the 17th century and housed over 3,000 prisoners. The inmates, the youngest of which was 14, slept on iron-forged bunks. A cell in the centre of the prison building was nicknamed The Dark Cell, after prisoners left inside in solitary confinement went insane after being tied to the walls with ring-bolts, in the pitch-dark.
Sledge and sledge flag from Shackleton s British Antarctic Expedition acquired for the nation
Sledge Flag from Shackleton s British Antarctic Expedition. Photo: Bonhams.
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.- The National Maritime Museum and the Scott Polar Research Institute have acquired the sledge and sledging flag that Dr Eric Marshall (1879-1963) used on the British Antarctic Expedition (BAE) of 1907-1909 one of the most important expeditions in British polar history.
NHMF safeguards nationally important heritage at risk of loss, establishing a UK wide collection of outstanding heritage over the past 40 years. The sledge and sledging flag are the two most recent treasures supported by the Fund, with a grant of £204,700, to mark its 40th anniversary, and symbolise the remarkable achievements of these explorers. They join significant items from other polar explorations that have been saved for the nation including:
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A conservator surveys an eleven-foot wooden sledge used on Anglo-Irish explorer Ernest Shackletonâs British Antarctic Expedition, on a table at Prince Philip Maritime Collections Centre, London, Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020. A sledge and flag once used in a famed 1900s expedition to the South Pole have been bought by a British government-funded body, preventing the treasured artefacts leaving the country to an overseas buyer. The National Heritage Memorial Fund, a government-funded body founded in 1980, said Wednesday it had provided 204,000 British pounds to help purchase the two items, which will be donated to two English museums. (AP Photo/James Brooks)