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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

2003-04 Detail of rope caulking in gaps, Scott's 'Discovery' Hut

2020-21 Scott's 'Discovery' hut Inspection, interior (026)

2017-18 Cape Evans magnetic hut, work task, roof cladding testing (006

2006 Ice build-up inside Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, Cape Evans (006)

2006 Snow build-up along the South wall of Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut

2007 K170 at Scott's 'Terra Nova' Hut - 'Tabloid'' Ammonium Per sulphate

2018-19 Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut and Mount Erebus, Cape Royds (002)

2022-23 Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut inspection, interior (244)

2013-14 Nicola Dunn in front of Barne Glacier

Lenticular clouds, camp and Mount Erebus

Helsport tent during the South Pole Expedition

2008-09 'Terra Nova' hut, interior artefacts (202)

2003 K440 at Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut, interior - Survey of box types (032)

Young Inspiring Explorers try on historic Antarctic garments at the Canterbury Museum (001)

2004-05 Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut exterior (017)

2008 "Joyce's Skining Academy Free" inside Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut

2019-20 Canvas calf high boots and broken box of tinned cocoa in Shackleton's 'Nimrod' Hut

2020-21 'Nimrod' hut Inspection - Exterior (014)

2003 K440 at Cape Adare - Cape Adare reflected

2006-07 Excavating Bowers' Annexe, Cape Evans

2010-11 Jaime Ward, John Taylor, and Jamie Clarke at Cape Evans

2004-05 Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut conservation (015)

2004-05 Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut conservation (084)

2008-09 'Terra Nova' hut, interior artefacts (352)

2004-05 Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut conservation (151)

2006 Arrol Johnston wheel, Cape Royds (002)

2002 Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, interior survey image - Galley (006)

2017-18 Scott's 'Discovery' hut inspection, interior (010)

2008-09 'Terra Nova' hut, Wardroom stove (045)

2006 Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut interior, Penguin eggs

2003 K440 at Cape Adare - Field camp (004)

2019-20 Francesca Eathorne outside Scott's 'Terra Nova' Hut (005)

2020-21 Shackleton's 'Nimrod' Hut, hut exterior (007)

2002 Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, exterior survey image - Construction detail, North-east corner (002)

Brick plinth containing Asbestos, Scott's 'Discovery' hut

2008-09 'Terra Nova' hut, interior artefacts (392)

2010-11 Diana Komejan and Jaime Ward inspect motor oil boxes, Cape Royds

Martin Wenzel working on Fuel cache (003)

Mike Dawson on the South Pole Expedition

2021 Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut inspection, exterior (017)

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