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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

Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut at Cape Evans (018)

2008-09 'Terra Nova' hut, interior artefacts (189)

2006 South wall of Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, Cape Evans

2008-09 'Terra Nova' hut, interior artefacts (203)

2010-11 Cans of Ramornie tinned beef, Cape Royds

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

Canvas ceiling and wall lining, Scott's 'Discovery' hut (001)

Water melter fitted atop Gurney's patent stove

2005 Hägglunds travelling with Mount Erebus in the background

2019-20 Stack of penguin carcasses in stables, Scott's hut, Cape Evans (005)

Northwest corner, Scott's 'Discovery' hut (001)

2010-11 Jamie Clarke and Jaime Ward during Antarctic field training

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

2008-09 'Terra Nova' hut, Gord Macdonald, Western Annexe, cladding (125)

2010-11 Al Fastier and John Taylor working on the East wall, Cape Evans

Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut, north elevation (001)

2008-09 'Terra Nova' hut, interior artefacts (385)

2006 AHT K441 team working on roof repairs at Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut, Cape Royds

2006 Doug Rogan working inside Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut, Cape Royds

2020-21 Shackleton's 'Nimrod' Hut, hut exterior (015)

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

2004-05 Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, snow removal results (030)

2013-14 South-West corner of Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, Cape Evans

2004-05 Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut exterior (005)

2022-23 Shelves on the North wall, Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut

2003-04 Chart table (not original 1910 configuration) in Scott's 'Terra Nova' Hut (001)

2008-09 'Terra Nova' hut, interior artefacts (175)

2009-10 Ponting's Darkroom during ice removal, Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut

2009-10 Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut inspection (Sept), exterior (002)

2008 Clothing items on the sleeping platform inside Scott's 'Discovery' hut

2010-11 Desk in the Geology area inside Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut

2019-20 Baseline image - Coffee creamer in wall-mounted box, Kitchen (Room 6), Hillary's TAE/IGY Hut

2019-20 Shackleton's 'Nimrod' Hut inspection, interior (001)

2019-20 Food supplies in Shackleton's 'Nimrod' Hut (001)

2010-11 Reams of paper stacked on shelves inside Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut

2007-08 The collecting receptacle under latrines at Cape Evans

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

2015-16 External artefacts at Cape Adare (038)

Bed frame belonging Charles Wright, Scott's 'Terra Nova' Hut

2003 K440 at Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, interior - Chart table and stuffed Emperor penguin

2007 Acetylene Generator inside Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut, Cape Royds

Group photo on summit of Mount Ollivier (004)

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