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Through our mission to conserve, share and encourage the spirit of exploration, Antarctic Heritage Trust cares for the remarkable expedition bases of the early Antarctic explorers and shares the legacy of exploration through outreach programmes and expeditions to engage and inspire a new generation of explorers.

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Ross Sea Heritage Restoration Project (RSHRP)

A multi-year, multi-site international heritage conservation project to secure the five historic explorer bases of Robert Falcon Scott, Sir Ernest Shackleton, Carsten Borchgrevink and Sir Edmund Hillary, and conserve the thousands of artefacts associated with the sites.

Inspiring Explorers™ Programme

Antarctic Heritage Trust’s Inspiring Explorers Expeditions™ provide opportunities for young people to experience and challenge themselves in the polar regions. They connect young people with the legacy the Trust cares for and encourage them to embrace the spirit of exploration.

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2003 K440 at Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut, interior - Survey of box types (026)

2018-19 The Tenements inside Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, Cape Evans

2019-20 Reference image - Dividing curtains in main room, Shackleton's 'Nimrod' Hut (001)

Snow build-up on boxes, Shackleton's 'Nimrod' Hut (003)

2003 K440 at Cape Adare - Borchgrevink's huts from the North

2003 K440 at Borchgrevink's Living hut - Interior, Fry's Chocolate box (001)

2022 Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, exterior, viewed from the South-east (002)

2013-14 Water tank inside Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, Cape Evans (004)

2018-19 Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut and Mount Erebus, Cape Royds (001)

2009-10 Meteorological screen, Cape Evans

2006 Artefacts on a table inside Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut, Cape Royds (001)

2022 Young Inspiring Explorers hauling Antarctic sledges at Canterbury museum (010)

2005 Bunks inside the main space of Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut, Cape Royds

2015-16 Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut inspection, interior (006)

2017-18 Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, interior, Wardroom chair

2010-11 Stall in the stables, Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, Cape Evans

2006 Ice build-up inside Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, Cape Evans (004)

2009-10 Conservators at work, Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, Cape Evans (036)

Two Inspiring Explorers Expedition™ team members set up a tent in the wind

2015-16 Stove in Borchgrevink's hut (003)

2002 Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, interior survey image - Physical Laboratory (004)

2025 Window detail, Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut

2008-09 'Terra Nova' hut, Galley stove (011)

2005 AHT equipment loaded onto Hägglunds at Scott Base (001)

Young Inspiring Explorers™ camp names (001)

2010-11 Detail of new roof cladding edge fixtures, Cape Evans

2017-18 Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, fodder bales

2005 Snow build-up around Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, Cape Evans (005)

2005 Scott's 'Discovery' hut, Hut Point (002)

Olympic Kayaker and Expedition kayaking Mentor Mike Dawson, whale bones and boat remnants

2010-11 Chair inside the Magnetic hut, Cape Evans

2015-16 Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut inspection, exterior (013)

2008-09 'Terra Nova' hut artefact monitoring, exterior (005)

2017-18 Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut, exterior, West elevation

2014-15 Scott's 'Discovery' hut artefact repopulation, Physical Laboratory

2006 Pictures of Edward VII and Alexandra of Denmark inside Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut

2008-09 'Terra Nova' hut, interior artefacts (342)

2010-11 Cooking a meal during Antarctic field training

2019-20 Work task - repaired oil leak on acetylene lighting plant, Scott's hut (018)

2004-05 Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, snow removal results (017)

Arrol Johnston wheel, Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut

2010-11 Bulkhead inside Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, Cape Evans (005)

The 2019-20 Cape Adare team in front of a plane (003)

2022-23 Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut inspection, interior (031)

Our Stories

Historic Medicine at Cape Evans

Jane Hamill, Antarctic Heritage Trust’s Lead Conservator, tells us about the return of Dr Wilson’s historic medical kit to Scott’s Terra Nova hut at Cape Evans.

Shackleton's Peas

Antarctic Heritage Trust Conservator Belinda Hager discusses the treatment of canned food tins from Shackleton’s hut at Cape Royds.

Artefacts Returned to Cape Evans

The team repatriated several items to Scott’s Terra Nova hut at Cape Evans this season including an improvised sledge distance meter wheel once owned by George Murray Levick.

2022-23 Summer Season Complete

The Trust’s On-Ice Conservation team spent seven weeks in Antarctica undertaking a comprehensive monitoring and maintenance programme on the historic Ross Island explorer bases