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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.

Browse Highlights

2019-20 Baseline image - Fuel cans and print, Canopy (Room 3), Hillary's TAE/IGY Hut

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

2008-09 'Terra Nova' hut, interior artefacts (347)

2013-14 Adelie penguin outside Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, Cape Evans

2003-04 Candles stored on Venesta box shelves in darkroom in Shackleton's 'Nimrod' Hut (001)

2018-19 Metal artefacts inside Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut, Cape Royds

2013-14 Artefacts scattered around Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, Cape Evans (005)

2008 Ice build-up around penguin eggs inside Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, Cape Evans

Young Inspiring Explorers competing in an Antarctic themed relay race (004)

2008-09 'Terra Nova' hut, interior artefacts (223)

2010-11 Two dog kennels outside Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut

Asbestos removal, stove in Scott's 'Terra Nova' Hut (022)

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

Adélie penguin and Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut

2022-23 Dr Wilson's medical kit contents, Sinapine tissue mustard paper

2008 09 'Nimrod' hut, interior artefacts (053)

2002 Scott's 'Discovery' hut building survey, interior (142)

2008-09 'Terra Nova' hut, Interior (109)

Young Inspiring Explorers lining up (006)

2015-16 Location image - Colbeck's bunk, Borchgrevink's hut (001)

2006-07 Emergency repairs to the Instrument shelter on Wind Vane Hill (011)

2018-19 Sea ice breaking up near Cape Royds (001)

2006 Conservator Nicola Dunn inside Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut, Cape Royds (006)

Inspiring Explorers and passengers in a Zodiac, Godthul (004)

2008-09 'Terra Nova' hut, General exterior (163)

Inspiring Explorers alumni Jaylee Savage tackling the rocky slope (001)

2007 Main space inside Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut, Cape Royds

2006 Al Fastier and Robert Clendon clearing snow at Cape Evans (002)

Scott's 'Discovery' hut, south elevation

2017-18 Scott's 'Discovery' hut, exterior, North elevation

Inspiring Explorers stop for snacks on their descent of Mount Scott in the dark

2013-14 Location image, loose chaff, Scott's 'Discovery' hut, Hut Point

2004-05 Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut conservation (216)

Southwest elevation, Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut (001)

2013-14 Bowers' bunk inside Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, Cape Evans (002)

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

Young Inspiring Explorers™ at the statue of Robert Falcon Scott (006)

2007 K170, Scott's 'Terra Nova' Hut - Pony shoe

2003 K440 at Scott's 'Discovery' hut - "Homelight" lamp oil box, Main Space

Inspiring Explorer Isaac Giesen applies ski skins to his skis (008)

2009-10 Strengthening plates added to rafter from Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut

2019-20 Hillary's TAE/IGY hut inspection, exterior (001)

2010-11 Scott's 'Discovery' hut, Hut Point

2008-09 'Terra Nova' hut, interior artefacts (264)

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