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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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Asbestos removal, stove in Scott's 'Terra Nova' Hut (022)

2008-09 'Terra Nova' hut, interior artefacts (272)

2014-15 Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut inspection, interior (022)

2009-10 Galley stove, Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut

Northeast elevation of Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut

2006 Pony snow shoes inside Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, Cape Evans (001)

2019-20 Hut inspection - Work bench and equipment, Geology area (Room 4 Area 6), Scott's Hut

Inspiring explorers A'aifou Kaufusi-Potemani and Owain John kayaking through brash ice

2013-14 Interior of Josiah Wagener's tent (003)

2017-18 Scott's 'Discovery' hut, interior, Store Room

Bed frames, Scott's 'Terra Nova' Hut (003)

2006 Dog biscuit box inside Scott's 'Discovery' hut, Hut Point

2004-05 Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, work task, inspection (126)

2010-11 Fodder bales stacked outside the Stables, Cape Evans

2005 Excavated East wall crates, Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut, Cape Royds

2002-03 Science corner - external instrument shelters and fixtures on south east corner

2017-18 Cape Evans landscape, North Bay sea ice

2003-04 Candles stored on Venesta box shelves in darkroom in Shackleton's 'Nimrod' Hut (001)

2010 Shackleton Whisky on display inside the Canterbury Museum

2006 East wall of Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, Cape Evans

2015-16 Al Fastier and TorbjÃ¸ern Prytz (002)

2013-14 Nicola Dunn vacuuming a 'Nimrod' awning (002)

Georgina Archibald and Lana Kiddie-Vai in tandem kayak

2013-14 Nicola Dunn and Josiah Wagener on a fam trip climbing Castle Rock (001)

2006 Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut exterior on arrival, Cape Royds (005)

Wardroom looking east, Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut (001)

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

2005 Galley inside Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, Cape Evans

2021-22 Scott's 'Discovery' hut, work task, AHT's Conor Tulloch monitoring artefact

West end, Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut (001)

2018-19 Fuel stores boxes, Cape Evans (010)

2008-09 'Terra Nova' hut, interior artefacts (225)

2004-05 Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut conservation (021)

2013-14 Location image, artefacts, Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, Cape Evans (052)

2006 Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut interior, crates of pony snow-shoes (001)

2006 Snow build-up along the North wall of Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut

Inspiring Explorers and 'James Caird' replica lifeboat (003)

2017-18 Antarctic Heritage Trust Programme Manager, RSHRP Al Fastier

2021-22 AHT's Al Fastier and John Taylor at Cape Evans field camp

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