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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

2008 View towards Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut, Cape Royds

2014-15 Scott's 'Discovery' hut, South side

2003-04 Boots under the bed in Shackleton's 'Nimrod' Hut

2012 Winter, Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut inspection, environs, meteorological screen (001)

2017-18 Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, interior, Annexe artefacts

2002 Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, North elevation

2013-14 Stove area inside Scott's 'Discovery' hut, Hut Point

2010-11 Conservators at work, Diana Komejan and Cricket Harbeck

2008-09 'Terra Nova' hut, interior artefacts (167)

Inspiring Explorers and passengers in a zodiac, Elsehul Bay

Detail of bed frame from Scott's 'Terra Nova' Hut (001)

2020-21 Scott's 'Discovery' hut Inspection, interior - Snow Ingress (006)

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

2007 K170, Scott's 'Terra Nova' Hut - Wardroom, looking east

Stromness whaling station, South Georgia (002)

2015-16 Location image - Colbeck's bunk, Borchgrevink's hut (028)

Mahu Whenua Traverse training team skiing on the Remarkables (007)

Inspiring Explorers alumni Jaylee Savage (003)

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

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

Bulkhead shelves, Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut (001)

2025 Table outside the Darkroom, Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut

2004-05 Scott's 'Discovery' hut, exterior (004)

2005 Artefacts on shelves inside Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut, Cape Royds (002)

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

2008-09 'Terra Nova' hut, Galley stove (034)

Bengt Rotmo and Nigel Watson on the South Pole Expedition

2005 British Antarctic Expedition 1907 Box inside Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut

Stores beneath table, mess deck, north west corner in Scott's 'Terra Nova' Hut

Inspiring Explorer Hollie Woodhouse after a snowstorm

2018-19 Cargo cubers on the sea ice, Cape Evans

2004-05 Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut conservation (108)

Members of the Antarctic Heritage Trust Inspiring Explorers Expedition™ James Blake and Nigel Watson on the traverse of South Georgia

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

2004-05 Scott's 'Discovery' hut, interior (001)

2010-11 Bulkhead removed showing Gran and Taylor's bunks, Cape Evans

2019-20 Boxes of dog biscuits at Scott's 'Discovery' Hut (001)

2021-22 Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut inspection, interior (001)

2018-19 Safety pins from a first aid kit, Cape Evans

2008-09 'Terra Nova' hut, interior artefacts (366)

2015-16 Camping at Red Castle Ridge (003)

Borchgrevink's Hut at Cape Adare during the 2019-20 season (002)

Northwest elevation, Scott's 'Discovery' hut

Inspiring Explorers after being turned back on their ascent of Pion Peak

2007 Philippa Durkin and Fiona Cahill removing snow from steps

2024 Students with completed scaffolding bridge

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