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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

2015-16 Truss three from Stores hut (007)

2010-11 Shelf on the rebuilt bulkhead, Cape Evans

2019-20 Wool mittens at Shackleton's 'Nimrod' Hut

2010-11 Wholemeal biscuit boxes inside Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut

Inspiring Explorer Bridget Kruger setting up camp

2017-18 Antarctic Heritage Trust Heritage Carpenter Geoff Cooper

2019-20 Fodder bales outside Scott's 'Terra Nova' Hut (001)

2005 Artefacts outside Ernest Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut, Cape Royds (007)

2019-20 Hut inspection - Back of stove and galley storage, Galley (Room 4 Area 7), Scott's Hut

2009-10 Artefacts on window shelf, Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut

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

2010-11 Meteorological screen at Cape Royds

2013-14 Magnetic instruments inside Hillary's TAE/IGY hut, Pram Point

Snow build-up on Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut

2017-18 Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, interior, '2 Pints' jug

2005 Snow build-up around Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, Cape Evans (003)

Inspiring Explorers alumni Sadra Sultani (003)

K170 Heritage Carpenters with cubers of equipment, Cape Evans

2003-04 Cartoons affixed to wall of the tenements, Scott's 'Terra Nova' Hut

2004-05 Scott's 'Discovery' hut, exterior (015)

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

2018-19 Window inside Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut, Cape Royds (002)

2010-11 Scientific implements inside Scott's 'Tera Nova' hut

2010-11 A group of Adélie penguins coming 'ashore' at Home Beach, Cape Evans (002)

2011 Interesting treatments - Wooden crate of Spratt's dog biscuits (003)

2008-09 'Terra Nova' hut, interior artefacts (260)

Scott Base building overseer Randall Heke and AHT Chair Mark Stewart (001)

2003 K440 at Cape Adare - Field camp (004)

Young Inspiring Explorers with Inspiring Explorers™ Alumni and William Pike

2024 AHT team with Inspiring Explorers at the Explorer Conference

2010-11 Preserved hams hanging inside Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut, Cape Royds (002)

2019-20 Containers at Mario Zucchelli Station

2006 Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut interior, Cape Evans (013)

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

2010-11 Door pull on the cold porch door, Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, Cape Evans

2004-05 Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut conservation (173)

Inspiring Explorers Sadra Sultani, Ihlara McIndoe, Owain John and Anzac Gallate (001)

Programme Manager Al Fastier working on fodder bales, Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut (001)

Scott's 'Discovery' hut and McMurdo Station (001)

2006 Snow build-up, Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, Cape Evans (002)

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