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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

2003 K440 at Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut - Stocked Galley shelves and table

2013-14 Provisions inside Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, Cape Evans

2015-16 Mess tent and Apple hut, Cape Adare

2019-20 Scott's 'Discovery' hut inspection, interior (001)

Food stores, Shackleton's 'Nimrod' Hut (010)

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

2010-11 Cocoa tin and box side inside Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut

2005 Conservation team before the return to Scott Base

2019 Antarctic Peninsula Expedition team group shot on bow of 'Navigator'

Bulkhead shelves, Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut

2006 Conservators at work, Nicola Dunn opening a can, Scott Base (001)

2006 Walking away from Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, Cape Evans

2017-18 Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, interior, The Tenements

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

2010-11 Physical Laboratory inside Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, Cape Evans (005)

2005 Base of Observation Hill Cross (002)

2010 Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut inspection, interior, Murray's Laboratory

2003 K440 at Cape Evans - Fodder bales, North Stables wall

2020-21, Work Task, New Zealand flag installed in Hillary's (TAE/IGY) hut (001)

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

Young Inspiring Explorers Worsley Weekend group photo (003)

2008-09 'Terra Nova' hut, Corrosion (031)

2003 K440 at Scott's 'Discovery' hut - Ceiling prop, Stove Area

Laura Andrews on the South Pole Expedition

AHT Conservators Lizzie Meek and Carla Pike

2016 Monitoring image - matchbox holder, Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut

2005 Conservators at work, 'Terra Nova' hut, Cape Evans

2013-14 Adelie penguins in front of Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, Cape Evans

2024 William Pike speaking at the Explorer Conference

2010-11 Detail of Venesta case repairs, Cape Royds (001)

2017-18 Scott's 'Discovery' hut inspection, interior (021)

Garage on north side of Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut (013)

AHT's Summer 2013/2014 Conservator Josiah Wagener

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

2015-16 Location image - Galley, Borchgrevink's hut (091)

2010-11 Fifth layer of boxes in the bulkhead, Cape Evans

2003-04 Exterior wall and tins at Shackleton's 'Nimrod' Hut

2006 Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut interior, Cape Royds (012)

Mike Dawson on the South Pole Expedition

2017-18 Cherry-Garrard's stone hut and Scott's 'Terra Nova hut

2013-14 Hägglunds transporting AHT supplies over the sea ice (002)

2012-13 Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut inspection, interior (004)

Bengt Rotmo on the South Pole Expedition

2008-09 'Terra Nova' hut artefact monitoring, exterior (005)

2006 Table outside the Darkroom door inside Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, Cape Evans

Scoria spread on snow, Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut (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