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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

2010-11 Scientific implements inside Scott's 'Tera Nova' hut

2003-04 Food supplies in galley of Shackleton's 'Nimrod' Hut (002)

2002 Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, interior survey image - Stables (001)

2005-06 Work details, window, Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut, Cape Royds (001)

2017-18 Scott's 'Discovery' hut, interior, mutton carcases in Store Room

2022-23 Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut inspection, interior (019)

2019-20 Work Task - Arnold Heine artefact locations, Leather boots, Hillary's room, Hillary's TAE/IGY hut

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

2013-14 Detail of awning outside Scott's 'Discovery' hut, Hut Point (017)

2003 K440 at Cape Adare - Field camp (004)

2017-18 Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut, interior, matchbox holder

2008-09 'Terra Nova' hut, General exterior (156)

King penguins and Elephant seal at Right Whale Bay

2019-20 Hut inspection - Work bench and equipment, Geology area (Room 4 Area 6), Scott's Hut

Mike Dawson and Laura Andrews during the South Pole Expedition

2009-10 Snow clearing after blizzard, Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut

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

West elevation of Scott's 'Discovery' Hut

2004-05 Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut conservation (273)

2017-18 Annual artefact monitoring programme, Cape Evans, McDoddies rhubarb tin

Kitchen shelves, Hillary's TAE/IGY hut (002)

2003-04 Base of Wind Vane Hill Cross at Cape Evans (001)

2018-19 Southern stores food cases, Cape Evans (001)

Jenny Sahng and Peregrin Hyde recording sounds at Right Whale Bay (001)

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

2013-14 Location image, Venesta cases, Scott's 'Discovery' hut, Hut Point (013)

2010-11 Jaime Ward repairing a Venesta case, Cape Royds

2008-09 'Terra Nova' hut artefact monitoring, exterior (098)

2005 Dog Kennels outside Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut, Cape Royds

Young Inspiring Explorers™ at Penguin Mural (001)

Heritage Carpenter Bryce Lewis repairing boxes from stables wall (002)

2008-09 'Terra Nova' hut artefact monitoring, exterior (012)

2006 Weathered timber on the exterior walls of Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, Cape Evans

2008-09 'Terra Nova' hut, Exterior artefact (004)

2014-15 Scott's 'Discovery' hut and workshop containers, Hut Point

2004-05 Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut conservation (086)

Medicinal artefacts in Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut

2008-09 'Terra Nova' hut, interior artefacts (050)

2004-05 Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, work task, inspection (51)

2004-05 Scott's 'Discovery' hut, exterior (017)

2018-19 South wall of Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, Cape Evans

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

2005-06 Position of metal floor panels, Cape Royds (004)

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