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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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Leather rope in stable, Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut

2008-09 'Terra Nova' hut, interior artefacts (339)

2010 Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut inspection, exterior (023)

2008-09 'Terra Nova' hut, Corrosion (008)

2014-15 Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut inspection, exterior (011)

2019-20 Baseline image - Screws and brushes, Kitchen (Room 6), Hillary's TAE/IGY Hut

2006 Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut interior, Cape Royds (010)

2020-21 'Terra Nova' Hut, West Beach Camp (016)

Bed frames, Scott's 'Terra Nova' Hut (004)

John Greenwood, AHT Lead Conservator and Archaeologist (006)

Galley shelf and artefacts, Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut (002)

2017-18 Scott's 'Discovery' hut, exterior, North verandah interior

2002 Scott's 'Discovery' hut building survey, interior (115)

2008-09 'Terra Nova' hut artefact monitoring, exterior (025)

Young Inspiring Explorers ride in Hägglunds at the International Antarctic Centre (003)

2006 Artefact in temporary storage in the AHT container at Scott Base (007)

2010-11 Antarctica New Zealand staff near Scott Base

2005 British Antarctic Expedition 1907 Box inside Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut

2019-20 Stacks of nails near Scott's 'Terra Nova' Hut (007)

2004-05 Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut conservation (017)

2013-14 Artefacts in the Physical Laboratory inside Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, Cape Evans (002)

2010-11 Southern food cache, Cape Evans (003)

2017-18 Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, interior, Wardroom

Scott's 'Discovery' hut, Northwest elevation

Inspiring Explorers Expedition™ team crossing the Greenland Ice Cap

2010-11 Stable wall and pony feed boxes, Cape Royds

2002 Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, interior survey image - Annexe (002)

2013-14 AHT team taking Hägglunds transport from Scott Base (001)

2018-19 AHT team on a walk near Cape Evans

Young Inspiring Explorers Michael and Mateo

2008 09 'Nimrod' hut, interior artefacts (158)

2013-14 Al Fastier and Gord Macdonald biking through McMurdo Station

Inspiring Explorers and AHT Executive Director Nigel Watson (001)

2005 Scott's 'Discovery' hut inspection, exterior (009)

Blocking installed, Scott's 'Terra Nova' Hut

2014 Scott's 'Discovery' hut, Hut Point, viewed from McMurdo Station (002)

2010 Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut inspection, exterior (012)

2008 09 AHT Heritage Carpenters, Gord Macdonald and Gene Wixson

2004-05 Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut exterior (038)

Inspiring Explorer Bridget Kruger pulling sled during the crossing

2020-21 'Terra Nova' hut Inspection, Exterior (007)

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