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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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2003 K440 at Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut, interior - Acetylene plant (003)

Inspiring Explorers Kelsey Waghorn and Jenny Sahng taking readings in Godthul

2013-14 Fire extinguisher inside Hillary's TAE/IGY hut, Pram Point

2009-10 Whisky crate excavated from underneath Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut

2010 Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut inspection, exterior (002)

2008-09 'Terra Nova' hut, Western Annexe (021)

2015-16 Stores hut trusses, as left (006)

2008-09 'Terra Nova' hut, interior artefacts (206)

Inspiring Explorers and passengers in a Zodiac, Elsehul Bay

2008-09 'Terra Nova' hut, interior artefacts (025)

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

Young Inspiring Explorers on an Antarctic walking tour (006)

Visit to Akaroa Museum's Worsley exhibition (003)

2019-20 Shackleton's 'Nimrod' Hut inspection, interior (010)

2014-15 Scott's 'Discovery' hut, exterior detail

Artefacts stored in container, Scott Base (009)

2002 Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, interior survey image - Truss above Scott's Cubicle and Biology (005)

2010-11 Recovered fodder bales, Cape Royds

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

2010-11 Historic nail and remnant of roofing fabric, Cape Evans

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

2002-03 Scott's 'Discovery' hut building survey, exterior (113)

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

2008-09 'Terra Nova' hut, interior artefacts (370)

2017-18 Scott's 'Terra Nova hut, South and West elevations

Inspiring Explorers Expedition™ team recreate the 'Polheim' image

Inspiring Explorers Sadra Sultani and Ihlara McIndoe kayaking (013)

2015-16 Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut inspection, exterior (015)

2013-14 Al Fastier and Gord Macdonald biking through McMurdo Station

2016-17 AHT's Doug Henderson working on the exterior of Hillary's TAE/IGY hut, Scott Base

Marthe Brendefur on the South Pole Expedition

Inspiring Explorers prepare for their South Georgia expedition at Mount Cheeseman (008)

2008-09 'Terra Nova' hut, interior artefacts (289)

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

Inspiring Explorer Hollie Woodhouse after a snowstorm

AHT Conservator Julie Unruh coating dredge

2010-11 Al Fastier working in bad weather at Cape Royds

2015-16 Loft window, Borchgrevink's Living hut (021)

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