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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

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

2004-05 Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, work task, snow build-up (003)

2006 Main door of Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, Cape Evans

2018-19 Fuel stores boxes, Cape Evans (007)

2005-06 Metal floor panels surrounding Mrs Sam Stove, Cape Royds (002)

2006 Ice build-up inside Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, Cape Evans (016)

2005 Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut exterior, Cape Royds (012)

2015-16 Artefacts on Wardroom table, Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut (001)

2013-14 Location image, Venesta cases, Scott's 'Discovery' hut, Hut Point (011)

2008-09 'Terra Nova' hut, interior artefacts (163)

2003 K440 at Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, interior - The Tenements

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

2012-13 Stevenson Screen inspection (003)

Inspiring Explorers Expedition™ team on the South Pole Expedition

Inspiring Explorers Expedition™ team recreate the 'Polheim' image

2003-04 Artefacts and supplies in galley, Scott's 'Terra Nova' Hut

2005 Snow ingress inside Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, Cape Evans (003)

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

Inspiring Explorers Expedition™ team and their sleds from above

Temporary protection frame built for blubber stack, Scott's 'Terra Nova' Hut

Artefacts on table in Conservation lab (003)

Inspiring Explorer Hollie Woodhouse during the crossing

Penguins, kayaks and icebergs on Danco Island (001)

2007 Tinned provisions in Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut, Cape Royds

2007 K170 at Scott's 'Terra Nova' Hut stables - 'Fernleaf' butter

2004-05 Scott's 'Discovery' hut, interior (057)

Excavated Colman's box from Bowers' Annexe (001)

2018-19 Wilson and Evans' corner inside Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, Cape Evans

2008-09 'Terra Nova' hut, interior artefacts (346)

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

2008-09 'Terra Nova' hut, interior artefacts (086)

2003 Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, interior - Indian Mule names (006)

2010-11 Metal survey artefact image in the Physical Laboratory, Cape Evans (022)

Wardroom and Messdeck, Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut

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

2014 Scott's 'Discovery' hut exterior, South apron, Hut Point

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

2004-05 Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut exterior (037)

2005 Dog Kennels outside Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut, Cape Royds

2013-14 Paper artefact after conservation inside Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, Cape Evans

2006 Snow build-up, Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, Cape Evans (002)

2018-19 Panorama of Barne Glacier and Mount Erebus, Cape Evans (003)

2013-14 Hägglunds travelling over a crack in the sea-ice (001)

2017-18 Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, work task, snow ingress (014)

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