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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

2006 Progress during snow removal at Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut

2004-05 Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, work task, snow build-up (015)

Inspiring Explorer Emily Wilson at Soho Basin (001)

2006 Conservator Nicola Dunn at Cape Royds

Scott's 'Discovery' hut, southeast elevation

Wardroom and bulkhead in Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut

Hillary's Hut VR 2.0 Tour - Hamilton Central Library (007)

2016-17, Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut inspection, exterior (004)

2003-04 Flue in Scott's 'Terra Nova' Hut

2019-20 Adelie Penguins at the site of Borchgrevink's hut at Cape Adare

Young Inspiring Explorers with their pitched tent (002)

2006 Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut interior, Galley (002)

2019-20 Work Task - Arnold Heine artefact locations, Mitten and gloves, Hillary's room, Hillary's TAE/IGY hut

2003 K440 at Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut - Corroded pick heads and handles, Annex

2005 Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut, after K441 West elevation

2009-10 Latrine tarpaulin, Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut

2014-15 Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, interior, Wardroom

Inspiring Explorers taking a break during the crossing

2004-05 Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut feed box (003)

Inspiring Explorers and passengers in a Zodiac, Godthul (001)

2010-11 Cans of Ramornie tinned beef, Cape Royds

Young Inspiring Explorers™ Amy and Liam meet the huskies at the International Antarctic Centre

2002 Scott's 'Discovery' hut building survey, interior (038)

2010-11 Location image of artefacts in Murray's Laboratory inside Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut

2009-10 Wilson and Evans' corner, Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut

2003-04 Biological laboratory on east wall of Shackleton's 'Nimrod' Hut (002)

Snow build-up, north and latrine of Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut

2006 Ice build-up inside Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, Cape Evans (015)

2006-07 Conservators at work, Steve Brown at Cape Royds

2013-14 Conserved timber boxes in storage, Scott Base (002)

2017-18 Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut, exterior, North elevation

Breaking the Ice Exhibition walk-through â€“ Natural Insulation

2019-20 Chemicals in Ponting's darkroom at Scott's 'Terra Nova' Hut

2018-19 Homelight box inside Scott's 'Discovery' hut, Hut Point

Inspiring Explorer Alum Alexander Hillary experiencing the virtual reality of his Grandfathers Hillary's Hut at SEHC

2015-16 inspection, Borchgrevink's hut, exterior (005)

2004-05 Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, work task, snow removal (021)

2013-14 Location image, artefacts on sleeping platform, Scott's 'Discovery' hut, Hut Point (006)

2009-10 Antarctic Heritage Trust Summer Conservator Lucy Skinner (009)

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

2017-18 Annual artefact monitoring programme, Cape Evans, dog collar and chain (001)

2013-14 Alan Hills cache provisions box contents

2010-11 AHT Team playing Kubb on Christmas Day, Cape Evans (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