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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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2006 Winter-over team with Conservation lab (010)

2015-16 Stove in Borchgrevink's hut (003)

2018-19 Sea ice breaking up near Cape Royds (001)

2008-09 'Terra Nova' hut, interior artefacts (039)

2005 Galley inside Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, Cape Evans

Susan Hayman, Francesca Eathorne and Patricia Mackenzie

Primus in the Physical Laboratory, Scott's 'Discovery' hut

2019-20 Food supplies in Shackleton's 'Nimrod' Hut

2022 Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, work task, Western Annex artefacts before dust mitigation (028)

2006 Snow ingress inside Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, Cape Evans

Inspiring Explorers and passengers in a Zodiac, Elsehul Bay

2007 Environs and Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, Cape Evans

2009-10 AHT's Fran Clarke at Cape Evans field camp

2010-11 Existing Latrine roof covering removed for new cladding installation

2004 K440 at Cape Evans - Boxes of Southern Food Cache (010)

2003 K440 at Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut, interior - Stencilling on shelving support

2007 AHT team working at Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut, Cape Royds

2019-20 Fodder bales, one ripped, Shackleton's 'Nimrod' Hut (002)

2006-07 Underneath Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut, Cape Royds (003)

2015-16 Location image - Borchgrevink and Fougner's bunks, Borchgrevink's hut (012)

2010-11 Funnels hanging inside Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, Cape Evans

2004-05 Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut conservation (159)

Winter 2009 Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut (003)

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

2005 Rat trap inside Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, Cape Evans

Alexander Hillary aboard zodiac on Antarctic Peninsula morning

Wool under garment in Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut (001)

2006-07 Returned artefacts after conservation, Cape Royds (002)

Inspiring Explorers Laurette Siemonek and Anzac Gallate kayaking (006)

Acetylene generator, Scott's 'Terra Nova' Hut

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

Young Inspiring Explorers learn about the United States Antarctic Program (002)

Inspiring Explorers Expedition™ team on the South Pole Expedition

2004-05 Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, work task, Cross (003)

2006 Stores boxes outside Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, Cape Evans (004)

Inspiring Explorers prepare for their South Georgia expedition at Mount Cheeseman (001)

Young Inspiring Explorers bring their raft to shore on the Worsley Weekend (001)

2002 Scott's 'Discovery' hut building survey, interior (146)

2022-23 George Murray Levick's sledge distance meter wheel

Inspiring Explorer Kaitlyn Martin on the 'Magellan Explorer'

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

2015-16 Stores hut trusses, as found (016)

ALE staff load the Inspiring Explorer team's equipment into a plane

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