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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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2010-11 Randy Churchill working on the Latrine, Cape Evans

2019-20 Work Task - Arnold Heine artefact locations, Food box, Kitchen, Hillary's TAE/IGY hut

2020-21 Scott's 'Discovery' hut Inspection, interior (026)

2010-11 John Taylor on scaffolding, Cape Evans

2017-18 Antarctic Heritage Trust conservation team at Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut

2014-15 Scott's 'Discovery' hut artefact repopulation, Stove Area

2008-09 'Terra Nova' hut, interior artefacts (315)

2003 K440 at Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, interior - Fry's cocoa box (002)

2005 Scott's 'Terra Nova' Hut exterior, Cape Evans

2008-09 'Terra Nova' hut artefact monitoring, exterior (070)

Re-hanging Marcus King oil painting, Hillary's TAE/IGY Hut (002)

2013-14 Location image, artefacts, Scott's 'Discovery' hut, Hut Point

2004-05 Scott's 'Discovery' hut, exterior (014)

Wool garments, Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut (007)

2015-16 inspection, Borchgrevink's hut, interior (003)

Young Inspiring Explorers preparing for a Hägglunds ride

2010-11 Thread and string inside Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, Cape Evans

2013-14 Location image, artefacts in the Physical Laboratory, Scott's 'Discovery' hut, Hut Point (004)

2008-09 'Terra Nova' hut, General exterior (088)

Snow and ice build up, Scott's 'Discovery' Hut

2009-10 AHT's Gene Wixson working on Stables North wall, Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut

2007 Main space inside Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut, Cape Royds

2010-11 Medicinal supplies on shelves inside Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut

2010-11 Timber boxes stacked at Cape Evans

2006 Snow build-up, Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, Cape Evans (008)

2004-05 Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, work task, snow removal (007)

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

2010-11 AHT Team playing Kubb on Christmas Day, Cape Evans (001)

Seals, northWest elevation and latrines, Cape Evans

Inspiring Explorers and 'James Caird' replica lifeboat (003)

2017-18 Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, interior, Colman's stores boxes

2008-09 'Terra Nova' hut, Corrosion (010)

2016-17 Hillary's TAE/IGY hut, Cooker and cooker hood flues, interior openings

2014 AHT's Stefanie White with clothing artefacts in winter conservation lab, Scott Base (002)

2004-05 Scott's 'Discovery' hut, interior (024)

2008-09 'Terra Nova' hut, interior artefacts (358)

2008 09 Members of the AHT conservation team, Lizzie Meek and Anna Shepherd

2017-18 Scott Base, Category 5 material from Cape Adare (018)

2006 Interior of the AHT storage container at Scott Base (010)

2010-11 Rowntree's cocoa tins inside Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut

2003 K440 at Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut - South-west corner of Galley

2010-11 AHT team visit Scott's 'Discovery' hut, Hut Point

Inspiring Explorer Sasha Cheng at Right Whale Bay

2015-16 Detail of wool garment from Cape Adare

2018-19 Galley inside Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, Cape Evans

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

2020-21 Scott's 'Discovery' hut Inspection, interior (015)

2007 Jars of table salt 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