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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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2008-09 'Terra Nova' hut, interior artefacts (256)

2017-18 Annual artefact monitoring programme, Cape Evans, boots (001)

2019-20 Baseline image - Clothing storage, Hillary's room (Room 7), Hillary's TAE/IGY Hut (002)

2018-19 Venesta cases stacked outside Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut, Cape Royds

2005 Remains of Wilson's Igloo, Cape Crozier (001)

2014 Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut interior, stored test tubes, Biology area

West wall of Galley, Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut (001)

2008-09 'Terra Nova' hut, interior artefacts (402)

2010-11 Snow build-up on the North wall of Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut

2008-09 'Terra Nova' hut, interior artefacts (268)

2013-14 Josiah Wagener at Barne Glacier (002)

2002 Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, interior - Fry's cocoa boxes

2009-10 Emperor penguin carcasses relocated to Stables, Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut

2010-11 Price's motor oil can, Cape Royds (001)

2010 Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut inspection, exterior (012)

Guests at the launch of the Scott's 'Discovery' hut Virtual Reality Experience

2015-16 Stores hut trusses, as found (016)

2022-23 Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut inspection, interior (356)

2008-09 'Terra Nova' hut, interior artefacts (397)

2019-20 Hillary's TAE/IGY Hut inspection, interior (013)

2013-14 Metal artefact found during works around Scott's 'Discovery' hut

Young Inspiring Explorers ready to race (005)

2005 Snow ingress on artefacts inside Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut, Cape Royds

Treating Griffiths McAllister tin wrapper (024)

2002 Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, interior - Galley bulkhead stores boxes (001)

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

Wardroom table, Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut (001)

2015-16 Location image - Galley, Borchgrevink's hut (084)

2013-14 Artefacts outside Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, Cape Evans (002)

2019-20 Hillary's TAE/IGY Hut inspection, interior (017)

2004-05 Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, work task, inspection (50)

2013-14 Lizzie Meek and Nicola Dunn removing Quest coupons, Cape Evans

2008-09 'Terra Nova' hut, interior artefacts (285)

2005 Snow build-up around Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, Cape Evans (008)

2007 K170, Scott's 'Terra Nova' Hut - Galley, west wall (001)

2004-05 Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut conservation (229)

2013-14 Josiah Wagener and Lizzie Meek on a walk near Cape Evans

Group photo of Worsley Weekend participants and leaders (001)

2013-14 Skis in the Entranceway of Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, Cape Evans (002)

2009-10 Instrument shelter, Windvane Hill, Cape Evans

2002 Scott's 'Discovery' hut building survey, interior (141)

Inspiring Explorers Expedition™ team camp on the South Pole Expedition

2021 Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut inspection, exterior (002)

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