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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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2015-16 Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut inspection, exterior (011)

2010-11 John Taylor and Martin Wenzel on a New Years' Day walk

Inspiring Explorers Expedition™ team crossing with sleds

Inspiring Explorers Expedition™ team on the South Pole Expedition

2005 The Tenements, Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, Cape Evans

2003 K440 at Cape Evans - Anchor of the 'Aurora'

2019-20 Shelves containing medicines in Scott's 'Terra Nova' Hut

2006 AHT K441 team working on roof repairs at Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut, Cape Royds

2012 Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, interior, meteorological bench artefacts

2004-05 Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, Cape Evans, exterior (007)

2007 Medicines on shelves inside Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut

2013-14 Awning outside Scott's 'Discovery' hut, Hut Point (007)

Ice ingress on south wall in biology area, Scott's 'Terra Nova' Hut

2007 Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut inspection, exterior, North wall

2017-18 Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut, interior, stove artefacts

Artefacts in darkroom, Scott's 'Terra Nova' Hut (001)

2012-13 Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut inspection, door 5 (001)

Mike Dawson pitching a tent on the South Pole Expedition

2013-14 Homelight lamp oil box inside Scott's 'Discovery' hut, Hut Point

Erecting Scott Polar tent, Cape Evans (001)

2018-19 Nicola Stewart photographing artefacts inside Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut

After Treatment image - 'Symington's' Pea Soup

2007-08 Canvas excavated from stables of Scott's 'Terra Nova' Hut

2015-16 Landscape view from flight (008)

William Pike presents to Young Inspiring Explorers (003)

Shelved artefacts in Physical Laboratory, Scott's 'Discovery' Hut

2015-16 TorbjÃ¸ern Prytz working on window (001)

2019-20 View near Scott's 'Discovery' Hut

2013-14 Vacuum pump in the Science corner in Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut (002)

2005 Scott's 'Discovery' hut, Hut Point (002)

2008 Skua with historic food provisions, Cape Evans

2022 Captain Cookesley's Consolidated Pea Soup

2009-10 Meteorology bench, Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut

2015-16 Stores hut trusses, as found (012)

2012-13 Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut inspection, interior (001)

2017-18 Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, interior, Physical Laboratory

2019-20 Shackleton's 'Nimrod' Hut inspection, interior (021)

Team photo of The Inspiring Explorers Expedition™ team members on the upper slopes of Mount Scott

2004-05 Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut conservation (225)

2018-19 Visitor book inside Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut, Cape Royds

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