Detail of abandoned hut in historic gold mining town, Hill End, New South Wales, Australia, Pacific

A typical tin roofed house in the mountains near Santiago de Cuba, Cuba, West Indies, Central America

Typical rural shack of plaster, wattle, and daub construction, Milot, Haiti, West Indies, Caribbean, Central America

Houses, Soweto, South Africa, Africa

Rodrigues island, Mauritius, Indian Ocean, Africa

Tin Fishing Village, Lofoten Islands, Norway

An old crofters house at Rubha Coigach in Assynt, Sutherland, North West Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

A tin shack house on Fiji, Pacific

An old fisherman's cottage at Stoer, Sutherland, northwest Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

Tin hut in the Cirque de Salazie caldera in Hell-Bourg, Reunion island, Indian Ocean

The kitchen, before renovation. The interior of the phonolite hut before renovation work. Kerguelen Islands

The Phonolite hut. View of the Phonolite hut. Made of wood, most Kerguelen huts are simple and efficient, easy to maintain and quick to assemble and disassemble. Kerguelen Islands

The Riviere du Nord hut. Composed of two small wooden modules solidly braced to the ground. One is the kitchen, the other the dormitory. Outside, cans contain enough food for a team of three or four scientists to live in for several weeks. Kerguelen Archipelago

The interior of the Port Elisabeth hut, just enough to shelter in bad weather and sleep in. Kerguelen Archipelago

Supplying the Val Studer hut by helicopter. The helicopter drops a net, or "sling", containing several drums filled with equipment and food. Kerguelen Archipelago

The team waits for the helicopter to load the last crate of equipment, weighing just under a ton. Phonolite hut. Ronarc'h peninsula, Kerguelen archipelago.

The helicopter evacuates the last crate of equipment, weighing just under a ton. Phonolite hut. Ronarc'h peninsula, Kerguelen archipelago.

Inventory of the atypical Port Elisabeth hut. Vallee du Charbon, Courbet Peninsula, Kerguelen archipelago.

The Port Elisabeth hut. Val Studer, Courbet Peninsula, Kerguelen archipelago.