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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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2014-15 Scott's 'Discovery' hut inspection, exterior (014)

2010-11 Randy Churchill adding metal edging to contemporary storage boxes

2019-20 Shovels lined up in Western Annexe of Scott's 'Terra Nova' Hut (001)

2019-20 Baseline image - Tools and safety clothing, Cold porch (Room 4), Hillary's TAE/IGY Hut (002)

Water melter for Gurney's patent stove, Scott's 'Terra Nova' Hut (005

Looking northeast, Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut

2013-14 Lizzie Meek working inside Scott's 'Discovery' hut, Hut Point

2003 K440 at Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut - Wooden chair, Scott's Cubicle

2018-19 Cargo cubers on the sea ice, Cape Evans

Deteriorated binding of Pearson's Magazine

2013-14 Snow ingress inside Scott's 'Discovery' hut, Hut Point

2015-16 Artefacts outside Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut

Galley artefacts in Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut (005)

2019-20 Hut inspection - East and north elevations, Scott's Hut, Cape Evans

2006 Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut interior, Cape Evans (015)

2002 Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, interior survey image - Stables (012)

2010-11 Location image of artefacts in Murray's Laboratory inside Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut

2007-08 Box undergoing repairs, Cape Royds (014)

2004-05 Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut interior (004)

2007 K170, Scott's 'Terra Nova' Hut - Maungaturoto butter box (001)

Inspiring Explorer Sadra Sultani in Ushuaia, Argentina

2010-11 Blubber pile with completed containment dam, Cape Evans

2006 Pony snow shoes inside Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, Cape Evans (001)

2012 'Scott Base, Capital of Ross Dependency' sign

2013-14 Josiah Wagener moving a penguin skin inside Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut (002)

AHT Conservator Julie Unruh treating bicycle frame (001)

2007 Case and metal artefact, Cape Evans

2006 Bulkhead inside Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, Cape Evans

2009-10 Mobile carpentry workshop during snowstorm

2014 Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut interior, sledges in rafters

Adelie penguins on icebergs at Cape Royds

2012 Whisky and brandy case assessment (006)

2013-14 Looking towards the covered walkway inside the TAE/IGY hut, Scott Base

2010-11 Coiled pony wire attached to the North wall, Cape Royds

2010-11 AHT team visit Scott's 'Discovery' hut, Hut Point

Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut at Cape Evans (002)

AHT Conservator Lizzie Meek working on Aurora Australis paper

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