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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 Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut inspection, exterior (017)

2002 K440B to Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut, exterior - Meteorological screen (001)

2017-18 Hillary's TAE/IGY hut, interior, scale and pantry supplies

Inspiring Explorers on the ship that took them to Mount Scott in the Antarctic peninsula

2013-14 Kosyaire fan inside Hillary's TAE/IGY hut, Pram Point

2003 Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, interior - Indian Mule names (010)

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

2003 K440 at Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut - South-west corner of Galley

2019-20 Hillary's TAE/IGY Hut inspection, interior (005)

2014-15 Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, interior, Galley area

2010-11 Cocoa tin and box side inside Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut

2015-16 Wardroom table and chairs, Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut (001)

2006 Moir's cans inside Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut, Cape Royds

Reinstalling Venesta cases, Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut (001)

2010-11 Artefacts on the Biology bench inside Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut

2007 Bottles on a shelf inside Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut

2012 Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, interior, Messdeck area and Enlisted Men's space

Borchgrevink's Stores Hut at Cape Adare during the 2019-20 season (001)

Sleds and flue parts, Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut

2018-19 Scott's 'Discovery' hut inspection, interior (015)

2010-11 Helicopter collecting supplies from Cape Evans

2013-14 Hägglunds travelling over a crack in the sea-ice

2025 Dog skeleton in the Stables, Cape Evans

Plankton net and megaphone, north wall above chart table

2017-18 Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, fodder bales

Visit to Akaroa Museum's Worsley exhibition (002)

2013-14 West wall of Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, Cape Evans (001)

Exterior view of Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut (011)

2010-11 Main door of Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, Cape Evans

2002 K440B to Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut, interior - Stores on South wall (002)

2018-19 Latrine outside Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut at Cape Royds

Simpson and Wright's bunks, Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut

Adélie penguin and Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut

Sledges stored in rafters, Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut (003)

2008-09 'Terra Nova' hut artefact monitoring, exterior (027)

2008-09 'Terra Nova' hut, interior artefacts (346)

Heritage Carpenters Ted Bugg and Bryce Lewis, Shackleton's 'Nimrod' Hut

2018-19 Latrine outside Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, Cape Evans

2010-11 North-East corner of Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, Cape Evans

2004-05 Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut conservation (280)

2008-09 'Terra Nova' hut, Interior (059)

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