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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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North end of bulkhead from mess deck, Scott's 'Terra Nova' Hut

2015-16 Temporary repair, loft window (002)

2002 Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, interior survey image - Galley (011)

K172 Winter Conservation Lab Open House (023)

2019-20 Shackleton's 'Nimrod' Hut inspection, exterior (011)

Scene from Fortuna Bay, South Georgia, with King penguins and elephant seals in the foreground and mountains in the background

2019-20 Shackleton's 'Nimrod' Hut inspection, exterior (003)

2005-06 Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut, lab roof before work

2025 Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, Cape Evans

2005 Portraits of Queen Alexandra and King Edward, Cape Royds

Harnesses and pony shoes on The Tenements bunks, Scott's 'Terra Nova' Hut

Group photo at the USAP warehouse at the Young Inspiring Explorers Summit

2004-05 Scott's 'Discovery' hut, interior (027)

2008-09 'Terra Nova' hut, floor, Gene Wixson (145)

2015-16 Layer between shutter and window (001)

2010-11 Detail of metal sheeting, Cape Royds

2007 K170 at Scott's 'Terra Nova' Hut stables - pony head protector (008)

2017-18 Scott's 'Terra Nova hut, North and West elevations

2014-15 Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, interior, bunks of The Tenements

Artefacts in darkroom, Scott's 'Terra Nova' Hut (001)

2010-11 Algae on the waters edge, Cape Evans

Hillary's Hut VR 2.0 Tour - Hamilton Central Library (007)

2015-16 Working in Borchgrevink's hut (004)

2008-09 'Terra Nova' hut, interior artefacts (134)

2010 Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut inspection, exterior, Latrine

2006 North-West corner of Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut, Cape Royds

2019-20 AHT conservation material strapped down at Cape Adare (002)

2013-14 Location image, sleeping platform, Scott's 'Discovery' hut, Hut Point

2017-18 Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, interior, Scott's Cubicle

Inspiring Explorers and passengers in a Zodiac, Godthul (001)

2005-06 Antarctic Heritage Trust Field camp at Cape Royds in a storm

2013 Hillary's TAE/IGY hut inspection, exterior (003)

Flue section from Scott's 'Terra Nova' Hut

2006-07 Detail of improvements to the rigging at Cape Royds

2008-09 'Terra Nova' hut, interior artefacts (290)

2015-16 Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut and Home Beach (001)

Inspiring Explorers Brando Yelavich and Bridget Kruger during crossing

Young Inspiring Explorers with their pitched tent (004)

2007 Completed patches on Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut cladding

2019-20 Conserved kitchen supplies in Scott's 'Terra Nova' Hut (001)

2018-19 Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut inspection, exterior (005)

2003 K440 at Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut - Colman's flour provision boxes, Galley bulkhead

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