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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

2010-11 Tins of Findon haddocks inside Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, Cape Evans

Young Inspiring Explorers Josh, Nico, Molly, and Lucinda

2017-18 Hillary's TAE/IGY hut, conservators at work, AHT conservation team members

2008-09 'Terra Nova' hut, interior artefacts (209)

2010-11 Artefacts in the Galley inside Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut

Ice ingress, ceiling in Scott's 'Discovery' hut

2008-09 'Terra Nova' hut, interior artefacts (095)

2010-11 The path between Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut and the field camp

Whisky boxes outside Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut (002)

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

2012 Cape Royds meteorological screen, base of Robinson anemometer

2015-16 Micro boring test, truss from Stores hut (002)

2004-05 Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut conservation (170)

Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, southeast elevation

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

2017-18 Hillary's TAE/IGY hut, conservators at work, Antarctic Youth Ambassador Chris Ansin

2005 Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut, Snow gauge

East elevation of Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut (001)

2004-05 Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut exterior (022)

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

Shackleton Falls, Stromness, South Georgia

Hobart mixer, Kitchen in Hillary's TAE/IGY Hut

2006 Aurora anchor outside Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, Cape Evans (001)

2006 Artefacts on a table inside Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut, Cape Royds (001)

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

Rt Hon Jacinda Ardern and AHT Patron June, Lady Hillary (004)

2019-20 Xue Long crew remove netting from the AHT cargo (001)

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

2013-14 Allan Hills cache fuel cans, Scott Base

2010-11 Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut and the Barne Glacier

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

2010-11 Scott's 'Discovery' hut, Hut Point

2010-11 Detail of butter box in the stables, Cape Evans (006)

2005-06 Position of metal floor panels, Cape Royds (001)

2010-11 Al Fastier working in poor weather

2017-18 Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut, interior, table salt jars

2010-11 Galley shelf during repairs, Cape Evans (006)

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