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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

2017-18 Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut, exterior, North elevation roof

2017-18 Hillary's TAE/IGY hut, interior, scale and pantry supplies

2006 Ceiling of Scott's 'Discovery' hut, Hut Point

2008-09 'Terra Nova' hut, Interior (044)

Venesta cases, Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut (002)

2008-09 'Terra Nova' hut artefact monitoring, exterior (103)

2014-15 Scott's 'Discovery' hut artefact repopulation, Store Room

R. Bell & Co's matches, Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut

2007 Philippa Durkin and Fiona Cahill removing snow from steps

Simpson and Wright's bunks, Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut

2013-14 Artefacts outside Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, Cape Evans (005)

2008-09 'Terra Nova' hut, interior artefacts (041)

Inspiring Explorers Expedition™ team camp on the South Pole Expedition

Snow build-up, northeast elevation of Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut

2012-13 Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut artefact monitoring - Kitchen nomenclature

2008 Artefacts in the main space inside Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut

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

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

2004-05 Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, work task, snow removal (034)

2013-14 Queen Elizabeth photograph inside Hillary's TAE/IGY hut, Pram Point

2015-16 Location image - Galley, Borchgrevink's hut (029)

Venesta cases, Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut

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

Conserved bicycle of Griffith Taylor, Scott's 'Terra Nova' Hut

2008-09 'Terra Nova' hut, interior artefacts (082)

West elevation of Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut

Members of the Antarctic Heritage Trust Inspiring Explorers Expedition™ with their equipment on their crossing of South Georgia

2008-09 'Terra Nova' hut, interior artefacts (180)

2003-04 Compartment in galley, Scott's 'Terra Nova' Hut

Drawers under bunk, Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut

Flue and ventilator cowl, Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut

2003-04 Ceiling, rafters and sleds in Shackleton's 'Nimrod' Hut (001)

2006 Interior of the AHT storage container at Scott Base (004)

2005 Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut interior, Cape Royds (009)

2006 Artefacts on latrine wall, Cape Royds (001)

2006 Biology table inside Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, Cape Evans

2008-09 'Terra Nova' hut, interior artefacts (099)

2006 Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut interior, Cape Evans (008)

2003-04 Entrance to Shackleton's 'Nimrod' Hut

2019-20 North and west elevations, Scott's Hut, Cape Evans

2008-09 'Terra Nova' hut, Western Annexe (022)

2019-20 Medicine supplies in Shackleton's 'Nimrod' Hut (001)

2006 Exterior window of Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, Cape Evans.

2009-10 AHT's Lucy Skinner and Al Fastier with excavated whisky crate

2008-09 'Terra Nova' hut, interior artefacts (228)

Young elephant seal on snow patch, South Georgia

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