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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

2002 Scott's 'Discovery' hut building survey, interior (136)

2008-09 'Terra Nova' hut, Exterior artefact (004)

2018-19 Snow ingress inside Scott's 'Discovery' hut, Hut Point

2003 K440 at Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut - Corroded Galley stove

2012-13 Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut inspection, interior (005)

2004 K440 at Cape Evans - Boxes of Southern Food Cache (006)

Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, east elevation

2004-05 Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut exterior (038)

2015-16 Landscape view from flight (003)

2012-13 Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut inspection, interior (023)

Treating Griffiths McAllister tin wrapper (011)

2013-14 AHT Conservators outside Scott's 'Discovery' hut, Hut Point (001)

2015-16 Detail of floor joist, Stores hut

2019-20 Hillary's TAE/IGY hut inspection, exterior (016)

Stove and Galley, Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut

Dress shoe inside Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut

2020-21 Shackleton's 'Nimrod' Hut, hut exterior (007)

SY 'Aurora's' Anchor outside Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut (002)

2004-05 Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut, wall and stores (003)

2002 K440B at Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, interior - Allen acetylene plant, Cold Porch

2004-05 Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut conservation (156)

Mountaineer and guide Lydia Bradey ONZM and AHT's Marcus Waters (001)

2002-03 Door latch in Scott's 'Terra Nova' Hut

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

Bed frame, Scott's 'Terra Nova' Hut (004)

2015-16 Detail of wool garment from Cape Adare

2006 Latrine on the North side of Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, Cape Evans

2018-19 Physical Laboratory inside Scott's 'Discovery' hut, Hut Point

2018-19 Debris swept up inside Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut, Cape Royds

2004-05 Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut conservation (015)

2010-11 Two leather boots inside Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut

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

2010-11 AHT team on New Years' Eve, Cape Evans (001)

2010 Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut inspection, exterior, North wall

2005 Hunters oatmeal tin inside Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut

2005 Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut exterior, Cape Royds (010)

Inspiring Explorers A'aifou Kaufusi-Potemani and Owain John kayaking through the brash ice (004)

2008-09 'Terra Nova' hut, interior artefacts (244)

2025 Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut, Cape Royds

2006 Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut exterior, Cape Royds (014)

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