Photographs
12,212 Publications
42 Videos
18 Stories
24 Show All
12,370

Search the Collections

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.

Icy Heritage provides public access to Antarctic Heritage Trust's growing image collection. It was established in 2023 to showcase the work of the Trust, and new items are added frequently to the digital collection. We invite you to search our collections and contact us for any image requests.

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

2019-20 Interviewing inside Scott's 'Terra Nova' Hut (003)

2009-10 AHT's Fran Clarke treating rope artefact

2012-13 Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut survey, interior (022)

2015-16 Schedule future repairs, textile wall linings, Cape Adare (007)

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

2010-11 Conservators at work, Jamie Clarke

AHT Conservators Carla Pike and Therese Charbonneau

2008 09 'Nimrod' hut, interior artefacts (129)

2006 Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut exterior on arrival, Cape Royds (006)

Artefacts in Shackleton's 'Nimrod' Hut (001)

Inspecting exterior, Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut

2018-19 AHT team at the Cape Royds field camp

2020-21 'Terra Nova' hut Inspection, Interior (011)

2015-16 Stores hut trusses, as found (003)

2017-18 Cape Adare carpentry workshop site preparation

2013-14 Interior of Scott's 'Discovery' hut, Hut Point (002)

2012-13 Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut inspection, exterior (008)

2005 One of the 'Aurora' anchors embedded at Cape Evans (002)

2006 Interior of the AHT storage container at Scott Base (003)

2014 Wind Vane Hill Cross panorama (002)

Her Excellency The Right Honourable Dame Cindy Kiro addresses guests

Bengt Rotmo packs equipment during expedition preparations

2020-21 'Nimrod' hut Inspection - Exterior (002)

2010-11 Al Fastier and John Taylor on a bike ride

Inspiring Explorers Expedition™ team crossing the Greenland Ice Cap (003)

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

Southeast corner, Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut (001)

Inspiring Explorer Mele Fetu'u kayaks near Antarctic peninsula

2012-13 Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut inspection, exterior (010)

2015-16 View from flight, Cape Adare trip (009)

2018-19 TAE/IGY hut inspection, exterior (005)

2008-09 'Terra Nova' hut, floor, Gord Macdonald (023)

2013-14 Location image, Venesta cases, Scott's 'Discovery' hut, Hut Point (003)

2005-06 Snow build-up around Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, Cape Evans

2018-19 Southern stores food cases, Cape Evans (004)

2008-09 'Terra Nova' hut, interior artefacts (101)

2006-07 Charley Brentnall and Steve Brown at Cape Royds

2007 Tinned provisions in Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut, Cape Royds

2019-20 The blubber stove at Scott's 'Discovery' Hut

2006 New AHT sign to be installed at Hut Point

2005 Acetylene Generator inside Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut, Cape Royds

Kayakers whale watching in front of Antarctic Peninsula glacier

2004-05 Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut conservation (244)

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