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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

Fry's' Cocoa boxes and 'Geraldine' cheese wheel, Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut

Hillary's Hut VR 2.0 Tour - Pegasus Bay School (005)

Bulkhead shelves, Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut

Reinforcement of stables wall box, Cape Royds (004)

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

2006 Al Fastier and Robert Clendon clearing snow at Cape Evans (002)

2013-14 Josiah Wagener testing a penguin skin for arsenic, Cape Evans (010)

2013-14 Lizzie Meek returning Edward Atkinson's skis, Cape Evans (001)

2002 K440 at Cape Evans - View up Wind Vane Hill

2018-19 Artefacts stored inside Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, Cape Evans (001)

Excavated and stacked Colman's boxes (007)

2018-19 Door step outside Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut, Cape Royds

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

2019-20 Future work identified - Review artefact locations, board with cup-hooks, Hillary's TAE/IGY hut

2020-21 Scott's 'Discovery' hut Inspection, interior (025)

2005 Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut in a storm

2015-16 Inside a Polar Pod at Cape Adare (002)

2006 Wooden boxes inside Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut, Cape Royds

2018-19 Nicola Stewart vacuuming inside Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut, Cape Royds

Food and medicine stores, Shackleton's 'Nimrod' Hut

2013-14 Southern food cache in the environment, Cape Evans (001)

2013-14 Observation Hill over McMurdo Station

2013-14 Huntley & Palmers box inside Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut, Cape Royds

2018-19 Gurney's Patent stove in Scott's 'Terra Nova' Hut, Cape Evans

2010-11 Provisions on shelves in the galley, Cape Evans

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

Hearson's patent biological incubator (001)

2007 Main space inside Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut, Cape Royds (008)

2013-14 Tents at the AHT field camp on Home Beach, Cape Evans

2013 Hillary's TAE/IGY hut inspection, interior (009)

2004-05 Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, snow removal results (006)

2004-05 Scott's 'Discovery' hut, interior (035)

2010-11 Detail of Venesta case repairs, Cape Royds (002)

2013-14 Fixtures in the sub floor of Scott's 'Discovery' hut, Hut Point

2014-15 Scott's 'Discovery' hut artefact repopulation, Main Space

Winter 2009 Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut (005)

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