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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

2013-14 Provisions inside Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, Cape Evans (002)

2013-14 Nicola Dunn and Josiah Wagener on a fam trip climbing Castle Rock (001)

2013-14 SPRI TAE map inside Hillary's TAE/IGY hut, Pram Point

Inspiring Explorer expedition members dwarfed by the mountains in South Georgia

2015-16 Location image - Galley, Borchgrevink's hut (044)

2007 Adelie penguins outside Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut

2007 K170, Scott's 'Terra Nova' Hut - Ponting's darkroom (005)

2013-14 Sea ice breaking up near Scott Base (010)

Inspiring Explorers Sadra Sultani and Ihlara McIndoe kayaking through the brash ice (002)

2003 K440 at Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut - Mule snow shoes, Stables

2009-10 Snow build-up on Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut

2019-20 Scott's 'Discovery' hut snow clearance, North side (004)

2010-11 Diana Komejan excavating deposits at Cape Royds

2019-20 Artefacts requiring treatment - Leather harnesses, Mawson's laboratory, Shackleton's 'Nimrod' Hut (003)

2003-04 AHT's Robert Clendon and David Harrowfield at Cape Evans

Weather event at Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, South-West elevation (001)

Toothbrushes on wall, Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut

2004-05 Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut conservation (093)

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

2004-05 Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut conservation (055)

2008-09 'Terra Nova' hut, interior artefacts (209)

2015-16 Location image - Borchgrevink and Fougner's bunks, Borchgrevink's hut (017)

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

2007 K170 at Scott's 'Terra Nova' Hut - Tonic vial

Laura Andrews on the South Pole Expedition

2017-18 Antarctic Heritage Trust Programme Manager, RSHRP Al Fastier and Heritage Carpenter Geoff Cooper

Hobart mixer, Kitchen in Hillary's TAE/IGY Hut

2004-05 Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut conservation (107)

2015-16 Packing artefacts, Borchgrevink's hut

2010-11 Jamie Clarke during Antarctic field training

2014 Artefacts North of Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, Cape Evans

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

2007 Scott's 'Discovery' hut inspection, exterior, South-East corner

2018-19 Skis in the Annexe, Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, Cape Evans (002)

2010-11 Cricket Harbeck with food cache, Cape Royds

Breaking the Ice Exhibition â€“ Northern Party clothing

2017-18 Scott's 'Discovery' hut inspection, interior (017)

2015-16 External artefacts at Cape Adare (003)

2017-18 Scott's 'Terra Nova hut, South elevation

K172 Winter Conservation Lab Open House (007)

2010-11 Light coming through the window Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut, Cape Royds

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

2004-05 Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, snow removal results (009)

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