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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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Deputy Principal Shauna Eldridge and Inspiring Explorer Jaylee Savage kayaking

2007 Completed patches on Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut cladding

2017-18 Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut, artefact monitoring, salt jars

2019-20 Scott's 'Discovery' hut inspection, exterior (002)

2019-20 Fodder bales, one ripped, Shackleton's 'Nimrod' Hut (001)

2014-15 Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, interior, Biology area scientific equipment

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

Snow Build-up, Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, north elevation (001)

2021-22 Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut inspection, interior (003)

2017-18 Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut, snow removal, AHT conservation team members

2002 Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, interior survey image - Wilson and Evans' corner (002)

2006 South-East corner of Scott's 'Discovery' hut, Hut Point

2019-20 Blubber run-off at Scott's 'Terra Nova' Hut (001)

Breaking the Ice Exhibition â€“ Cape Adare party photos and Union Jack

2024 Students participating in a workshop

2008-09 'Terra Nova' hut, interior artefacts (034)

2003 K440 at Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut, interior - Survey of box types (042)

2012 Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, interior, meteorological bench in Physical Laboratory

2003 K440 at Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut, interior - Survey of box types (027)

2017-18 Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut, interior, pantry artefacts

Inspiring Explorers Expedition™ team on the South Pole Expedition

2005 "Joyce's Skining Academy - Free" inside Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut

2006 Ice build-up inside Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, Cape Evans (004)

Whisky case found at Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut (008)

Laura Andrews on the South Pole Expedition

2010-11 East wall of Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, Cape Evans

Artefacts on shelves and bench, Darkroom of Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut

2007 Boxes of matches found at Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut, Cape Royds

2017-18 Annual artefact monitoring programme, Cape Evans, pony/mule snow shoe (002)

2008-09 'Terra Nova' hut, interior artefacts (244)

Inspiring Explorer Keith Parsons with camera (003)

2008-09 'Terra Nova' hut, interior artefacts (174)

2015-16 Panoramic view, Cape Adare (001)

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

2019-20 Snow kitchen igloo made at Antarctic Field Training (002)

2004-05 Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, snow removal results (019)

2010-11 Darkroom inside Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, Cape Evans

2017-18 Cape Adare camp, living hut and store room turks installation

Inspiring Explorers Laurette Siemonek and Anzac Gallate kayaking (009)

2017-18 Scott's 'Discovery' hut, interior, Physical Laboratory shelving

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

2014-15 Cape Royds meteorological screen inspection (001)

2021-22 AHT's Al Fastier, Zack Bennett, and John Taylor inside Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut (001)

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