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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

2010-11 Shelf from the Galley before repair, Cape Evans (001)

2010-11 Final inspection, Fodder bales, Cape Royds

2010-11 Boxes during excavation, Cape Royds (001)

2013-14 Hägglunds pulling AHT supplies across the sea ice (001)

2018-19 Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, Cape Evans (002)

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

Make and Mend table in Scott's 'Terra Nova' Hut

Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut and Mount Erebus (001)

Inspiring Explorers taking a break during the crossing

2005 Physical laboratory, Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, Cape Evans

Mike Dawson in a plane after the South Pole Expedition

2003-04 Detail of rope caulking in gaps, Scott's 'Discovery' Hut

2013-14 Bicycle hanging in the Stables inside Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, Cape Evans

Instrument shelter on Wind Vane Hill (002)

View of zodiac towing kayaks from the ship 'Ocean Endeavour'

2014-15 Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, interior, Wardroom table

2006 Stacked provisions inside Shackelton's 'Nimrod' hut, Cape Royds

2003-04 Entrance to Shackleton's cubicle in Shackleton's 'Nimrod' Hut

2019-20 Hut inspection - South elevation with cleared snow and Mount Erebus beyond, Scott's Hut, Cape Evans

2015-16 Detail of wool garment from Cape Adare (001)

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

2007 K170, Scott's 'Terra Nova' Hut - Physical laboratory table

2007 Scott's 'Discovery' hut inspection, interior, snow ingress, main space

2018-19 Wardroom table inside Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, Cape Evans

2013-14 Lamp oil cans inside Scott's 'Discovery' hut, Hut Point

2013-14 Al Fastier and Gord Macdonald with bikes at Hut Point

2013-14 Location image, artefacts in the Physical Laboratory, Scott's 'Discovery' hut, Hut Point (001)

2004-05 Scott's 'Discovery' hut, exterior (018)

2008-09 'Terra Nova' hut, Wardroom stove (045)

2018-19 Scott's 'Discovery' hut inspection, interior (036)

2003-04 Boots, Venesta and provision boxes in Scott's 'Terra Nova' Hut

2002 K440B at Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, interior - Stables, looking West

2010-11 Drying the walls of Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, Cape Evans

2013-14 Josiah Wagener and Nicola Dunn retying Quest coupons, Cape Evans

2010-11 Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut, Cape Royds

Group photo of Inspiring Explorers with Guide Anna Keeling on Mount Ruapehu (001)

2003 Scott's 'Discovery' hut, interior - Snow ingress (003)

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

Laura Andrews on the South Pole Expedition

Listening to Shackleton's account of negotiating the waterfall

2005 Shackleton's 'Nimrod' Hut interior, Cape Royds (003)

2013-14 Location image, artefacts in the Physical Laboratory, Scott's 'Discovery' hut, Hut Point (004)

2015-16 Al Fastier at Borchgrevink's 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