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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

2018-19 Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut inspection, interior (011)

Inspiring Explorers at Mueller Hut (006)

2010 Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut inspection, exterior (017)

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

2022-23 Provisions on shelves inside Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut

2009 Scott's 'Discovery' hut inspection, interior (021)

2006 Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut interior, Cape Royds (003)

2003-04 Bottles and rope on east wall of Shackleton's 'Nimrod' Hut

Marthe Brendefur on the South Pole Expedition

2013-14 Awning outside Scott's 'Discovery' hut, Hut Point (003)

2022-23 Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut inspection, interior (365)

2021-22 Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut, interior brush and vacuum, AHT's Nicola Stewart (004)

2005 Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut, after K441 West elevation

2009-10 AHT's Martin Wenzel working on Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, Cape Evans

2019-20 AHT Programme Manager Al Fastier with newly installed Polar Pods (002)

2014 AHT winter conservators at work - Stefanie White treating pony feed box (001)

2003-04 Flue in Scott's 'Terra Nova' Hut

2018-19 Sledges in the rafters inside Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, Cape Evans

2004-05 Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, work task, inspection (70)

Venesta case excavation underway near Shackleton's 'Nimrod' Hut

Inspiring Explorers Millie Mannering and Kelly Davenport with kelp

2004-05 Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut conservation (214)

Snow build-up on Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut (003)

West elevation, Shackleton's 'Nimrod' Hut

2004-05 Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, snow removal results (005)

2008-09 'Terra Nova' hut, interior artefacts (223)

Snow Removal from Scott's 'Discovery' hut (001)

Inspiring Explorers Expedition™ team crossing the ice cap in high winds (001)

2006 Conservator Nicola Dunn at Cape Royds

2007 Hanging enamel mugs inside Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut

2015-16 External artefacts at Cape Adare (032)

Corroded tin of asparagus with coating applied, Scott's 'Discovery' Hut

2019-20 Scott's 'Discovery' hut snow clearance, North side (003)

2004-05 Scott's 'Discovery' hut, exterior (016)

2005 Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut exterior, Cape Evans (002)

2006 Snow ingress in the Annexe of Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, Cape Evans

2018-19 AHT field camp container, Cape Evans (003)

Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut and Vortex Generators (003)

2013-14 Tin of Lyle's golden syrup, Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut, Cape Royds

Bulkhead made of provision boxes and stocked with artefacts (002)

2010-11 Nelson and Day's bunks, Cape Evans

2018-19 Mount Erebus from Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, Cape Evans (001)

Bed frame from Scott's 'Terra Nova' Hut (001)

2009-10 Window shelving, Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut

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