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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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2008-09 'Terra Nova' hut, General exterior (044)

2014-15 Scott's 'Discovery' hut artefact repopulation, Physical Laboratory

2017-18 Annual artefact monitoring programme, Cape Evans, lantern plates

Snow build-up on Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut (003)

Artefact location plan, corridor in Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut (005)

Scott's 'Discovery' hut and Vince's Cross at the end of Hut Point

Stables area, north side of Shackleton's 'Nimrod' Hut

2005 South wall of Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut before excavation

2004-05 Scott's 'Discovery' hut, exterior (007)

2004-05 Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut conservation (281)

2014-15 Scott's 'Discovery' hut and Vince's Cross

2010-11 Biology bench inside Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, Cape Evans

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

2006 Scott's Cubicle inside Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, Cape Evans

2009-10 Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut inspection (Sept), exterior (004)

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

2005 Conservators at work, Al Fastier, Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut

2010-11 Acetylene gas fixture inside the Magnetic hut, Cape Evans

Marthe Brendefur with an ice heart on the South Pole Expedition

2015-16 Truss five from Stores hut (002)

2008-09 'Terra Nova' hut, interior artefacts (020)

2010-11 Monitoring image of Observation Hill Cross, Observation Hill (017)

2003 K440 at Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut - Kitchen enamelware, Galley

2006 Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut interior, Cape Evans (017)

2003-04 Broken hinge, Scott's 'Discovery' Hut

2003-04 Food supplies against west wall of Galley, Scott's 'Terra Nova' Hut

2003-04 Ceiling and rafters in Scott's 'Terra Nova' Hut (001)

2008-09 'Terra Nova' hut, interior artefacts (192)

2018-19 South wall of Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, Cape Evans

2010-11 Cherry-Garrard's bunk inside Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, Cape Evans

Young Inspiring Explorers ride in Hägglunds at the International Antarctic Centre (001)

2003-04 Entrance porch to Shackleton's 'Nimrod' Hut (005)

2003 K440 at Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut, exterior - West elevation

Corroded tin of 'Ideal' milk with coating applied, Scott's 'Discovery' Hut

2006 Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut interior, Cape Royds (017)

2019-20 Baseline image - Display shelves, Radio room (Room 8), Hillary's TAE/IGY Hut (004)

2010-11 Medical supplies and artefacts inside Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut

2015-16 Al Fastier in Borchgrevink's hut

2005 Base of Observation Hill Cross (002)

2005 Al Fastier and Neville Ritchie outside Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut, Cape Royds

AHT Conservator Lizzie Meek treating a bottle of Savoy Sauce (001)

2015-16 Location image - Colbeck's bunk, Borchgrevink's hut (037)

2019-20 The blubber stove at Scott's 'Discovery' Hut (001)

2009-10 Ponting's Darkroom floor during reconstruction, Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut

2008-09 'Terra Nova' hut artefact monitoring, exterior (049)

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