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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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2015-16 Location image - Hanson's bunk, Borchgrevink's hut (017)

2013-14 Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut from the air, Cape Evans

2004-05 Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut exterior (020)

2015-16 External artefacts at Cape Adare (032)

2010-11 Tins of consolidated pea soup inside Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut

2017-18 Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut, interior, Main room

2008 Artefacts inside the main space of Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut

2005 Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut, after K441 Flue (001)

2006-07 Stevenson's Screen at Cape Royds

2004-05 Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, work task, inspection (50)

Bed frames belonging to Gran and Taylor, Scott's 'Terra Nova' Hut

Pony artefacts, Stables of Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut

2019-20 Baseline image - Wooden chair, Radio room (Room 8), Hillary's TAE/IGY Hut

2005 Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut interior, Cape Evans (001)

2004-05 Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, work task, inspection (124)

Corroded and rusted artefacts on radio table, Scott's 'Terra Nova' Hut

2015-16 Stores hut trusses, as found (008)

2005-06 Antarctic Heritage Trust Field camp at Cape Royds in a storm

2004-05 Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, snow removal results (011)

Snow ingress, store of Scott's 'Discovery' hut

2019-20 Scott's 'Discovery' hut inspection, interior (003)

Treating Griffiths McAllister tin wrapper (006)

Chemical bottles on shelves in the Darkroom

2008 09 Members of the AHT conservation team, Lizzie Meek and Anna Shepherd

Galley shelves, Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut

Whisky boxes outside Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut (001)

2004-05 Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, Cape Evans, Interior (04)

2015-16 Wooden box remnants, Cape Adare (011)

Inspiring Explorer Expedition™ Greenland Ice cap group photo

2004-05 Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, work task, inspection (126)

2018-19 Colman's bulkhead boxes inside Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, Cape Evans

2018-19 Physical Laboratory inside Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, Cape Evans

Shell Motor spirits and Fry's Cocoa boxes before repatriation

2014-15 Scott's 'Discovery' hut, mobile workshops in snow

2015-16 Stove in Borchgrevink's hut (007)

2005 Snow build-up around the North wall of Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut

2007 North wall and Stables at Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut, Cape Royds

Bed frame belonging to Sir Robert Falcon Scott, Scott's 'Terra Nova' Hut

2003-04 Broken Venesta boxes along southern exterior wall, Shackleton's 'Nimrod' Hut (002)

SY 'Aurora's' Anchor outside Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut

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

AHT Conservator Jane Hamill in the photo lab (005)

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

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