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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 View from flight, Cape Adare trip (021)

2008-09 'Terra Nova' hut, interior artefacts (217)

2010-11 Biology desk inside Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut

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

2019-20 Shackleton's 'Nimrod' Hut inspection, exterior (010)

2006 Candles and wrappers from Shackleeton's 'Nimrod' hut, Cape Royds

2010-11 Galley shelf during repairs, Cape Evans (001)

2003-04 Galley, bulkhead wall and bunks of Clissold and Hooper, Scott's 'Terra Nova' Hut

2019-20 Cold Porch of the Northern Party hut (004)

Chris Cochran, AHT Conservation Advisor, Gerald Turner and David Harrowfield Inaugural Executive Officer of the AHT

2014-15 Scott's 'Discovery' hut artefact repopulation, Stove Area

Stove and Darkroom, Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut

Provision boxes making up the bulkhead between rooms, Scott's 'Terra Nova' Hut (002)

2015-16 View from flight, Cape Adare trip (035)

2006 Conservators at work, removing snow from Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut

2017-18 Cape Adare camp, polar pod installation

2006 Ice build-up inside Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, Cape Evans (001)

2009-10 BBC, Sir David Attenborough visit Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut

Wardroom table, Scott's 'Terra Nova' Hut

2018-19 Main space inside Scott's 'Discovery' hut, Hut Point

2013-14 Meteorological screen and timber fuel boxes at Cape Evans

Young Inspiring Explorers Josh, Nico, Molly, and Lucinda

2010-11 Physical Laboratory inside Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, Cape Evans (005)

2013-14 Antarctic Heritage Trust containers at Scott Base

2018-19 Mount Erebus from Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, Cape Evans (004)

2009-10 Sir David Attenborough with AHT summer conservation team at Cape Evans

2017-18 Annual artefact monitoring programme, Cape Evans, dog collar and chain (002)

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

2010-11 Cooking artefacts on a table in the Galley inside Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut (002)

2010-11 Medicinal bottles on a shelf inside Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut

2019-20 Hillary's TAE/IGY Hut inspection, interior (006)

2013-14 Al Fastier and six Adelie penguins at Hut Point

2008-09 'Terra Nova' hut, interior artefacts (235)

Team photo of The Inspiring Explorers Expedition™ team members on the upper slopes of Mount Scott

Detail of bed frame from Scott's 'Terra Nova' Hut (001)

The 2019-20 Cape Adare team in front of a plane (003)

2010-11 Artefacts in Scott's Cubicle inside Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, Cape Evans

Treating Griffiths McAllister tin wrapper (032)

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

Young Inspiring Explorer Elsie on the high ropes (014)

2005-06 Box being removed from the East wall, Cape Royds

2019-20 Hut inspection - West elevation with Mount Erebus beyond, Scott's Hut, Cape Evans (001)

Reapplying Griffiths McAllister tin wrapper (001)

2023 Students and Inspiring Explorers paddle a completed raft

2014-15 Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, North and East elevations

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