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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

2004-05 Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, work task, snow removal (025)

2018-19 Southern stores food cases, Cape Evans (006)

Laura Andrews and Marthe Brendefur on the South Pole Expedition

2013-14 Location image, artefacts on sleeping platform, Scott's 'Discovery' hut, Hut Point (008)

2007 K170, Scott's 'Terra Nova' Hut stables - Burberry head protector (005)

2020-21 'Terra Nova' hut Inspection, Interior (007)

2010-11 Jamie Clarke and John Taylor at the Cape Evans field camp

2004-05 Scott's 'Discovery' hut, interior (046)

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

2019-20 AnemometerÂ used by explorer Sir VivianÂ FuchsÂ to measure wind speed

2015-16 Stove in Borchgrevink's hut (013)

2012 AHT winter conservation team in Hillary's TAE/IGY Hut, Scott Base

Snow build-up on Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut (002)

2019-20 Food supplies in Shackleton's 'Nimrod' Hut (010)

Inspiring Explorers Expedition™ team on the South Pole Expedition

2005 Dog skeleton near Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, Cape Evans

2003 K440 at Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut - Wardroom table chair

2002 Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, interior - Photographic supplies in Ponting's Darkroom (004)

2010-11 Reverse of the new floor runner laid inside Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut

2018-19 Bulkhead shelf inside Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, Cape Evans

2005 Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut interior, Cape Royds (014)

2010-11 Artefacts outside Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, Cape Evans

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

2012 AHT's Gretel Evans during Scott Base Winter Conservation Laboratory 'open house'

2007 Main space inside Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut, Cape Royds (005)

Photographic artefacts on shelves, Darkroom of Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut

2006-07 Artefacts excavated from Bowers' Annexe, Cape Evans

2002 Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, interior survey image - Geology area (005)

2004-05 Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, work task, inspection (55)

2008-09 'Terra Nova' hut, interior artefacts (176)

Snow build-up on artefacts and Annexe wall, Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut (001)

Olympic Kayaker and Expedition Kayaking Mentor Mike Dawson (002)

2010-11 Darkroom inside Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, Cape Evans (002)

2006 Scott's 'Discovery' hut inspection, exterior, snow build-up, West wall

2002 Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut, interior - Tinned food items (001)

2019-20 Seal blubber and shed supplies in Western Annexe of Scott's 'Terra Nova' Hut

2002 Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, exterior survey image - Stables North wall (003)

Young Inspiring Explorers at the Canterbury Museum (002)

2005-06 Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut, West roof before 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