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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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Richard Bedford and Lucy Howell at the launch of the Scott's 'Discovery' hut Virtual Reality Experience

2008-09 'Terra Nova' hut, interior artefacts (129)

2008-09 'Terra Nova' hut, Corrosion (009)

Kayakers spotting whales in Antarctic Peninsula waters

2004-05 Scott's 'Discovery' hut, interior (052)

Day's bunk in Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut (001)

Latrine area outside Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut (001)

2007-08 Al Fastier, AHT Programme Manager and Team Leader (002)

Scott's 'Terra Nova' Hut and Mount Erebus

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

2004-05 Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, Cape Evans, Interior (010)

2008-09 'Terra Nova' hut artefact monitoring, exterior (021)

Inspiring Explorers and passengers in a Zodiac, Elsehul Bay

2016-17 Hillary's TAE/IGY hut, Cold Porch works, Canopy and sub floors installed

2010-11 Square oil tins in the cold porch of Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut

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

2005 Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut exterior, Cape Royds (001)

2014-15 Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, interior, Galley area artefacts

2007 Collection of canned food provisions

2005 Scott's 'Discovery' hut interior, Hut Point (005)

2020-21 'Terra Nova' hut Inspection, Exterior (010)

Inspiring Explorers A'aifou Kaufusi-Potemani and Owain John kayaking

Corroded tin of asparagus with coating applied, Scott's 'Discovery' Hut

2017-18 Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, interior, Pearson's magazine page

2019-20 Kitchen matches in the kitchen of Hillary's TAE/IGY Hut

2014-15 Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, interior, jug on Messdeck table

Landscape during the South Pole Expedition

Tenement shelves, Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut (001)

2004-05 Scott's 'Discovery' hut, interior (026)

Inspiring Explorers Expedition™ team camp on the South Pole Expedition

2004-05 Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, work task, inspection (108)

2018-19 Lizzie Meek carrying wood supplies, Cape Evans (001)

2019-20 Scott's 'Discovery' hut inspection, exterior (007)

Medicinal artefacts, Shackleton's 'Nimrod' Hut

Bengt Rotmo packs equipment during expedition preparations

2015-16 TorbjÃ¸ern Prytz inspecting floor

2019-20 Scott's 'Discovery' hut snow clearance, North side (003)

2010-11 North-East corner of Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut, Cape Royds (003)

2007 Empty shelves inside Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut, Cape Royds

2004-05 Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, work task, snow build-up (006)

Conservator Marie-Amande Coignard at work (001)

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