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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

Wool garments, Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut (002)

2008 09 Members of the AHT conservation team, Lizzie Meek and Anna Shepherd

Brando Yelavich presents a workshop at the Explorer Conference 2021 (016)

Pictures decorating bunk, Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut

2003-04 Debenham's bunk, Scott's 'Terra Nova' Hut (001)

2006 Ice build-up inside Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, Cape Evans

2007 K170, Scott's 'Terra Nova' Hut stables - Burberry head protector

2003 K440 at Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut, interior - Stencilling on shelving support

Kaitlyn Martin presents to Young Inspiring Explorers (003)

2013-14 Paper artefacts being conserved in the field camp, Cape Evans (002)

Inspiring Explorer Leah Stewart photographing chinstrap penguins on Antarctic Peninsula

2015-16 Location image - Galley, Borchgrevink's hut (074)

2006 Snow build-up, Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, Cape Evans (005)

2017-18 Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut, interior, pantry artefacts

2010-11 Funnels hanging inside Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, Cape Evans

2003-04 Fodder bales and boxes at Shackleton's 'Nimrod' Hut

2019-20 Cold Porch of the Northern Party hut (005)

2018-19 Wilson and Evans' corner inside Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, Cape Evans

2004-05 Scott's 'Discovery' hut, interior (013)

2004-05 Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, work task, inspection (62)

2004-05 Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut conservation (026)

Inspiring Explorers Expedition™ team camp on the South Pole Expedition

AHT Executive Director Nigel Watson setting up camp

Laura Andrews on the South Pole Expedition

2008-09 'Terra Nova' hut, interior artefacts (240)

2015-16 Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut inspection, interior

Glass bottle of copper sulphate crystals

2008-09 'Terra Nova' hut, interior artefacts (190)

2022 Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, exterior, viewed from South-east during snowfall (001)

Pony snow shoes and icy floor, stables of Scott's 'Terra Nova' Hut

Shelves in Physical Laboratory, Scott's 'Discovery' hut (001)

2003 K440 at Cape Evans - Southern Food Cache (005)

2017-18 Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut and Cape Evans environs

2012-13 Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut inspection, interior (001)

2018-19 Helicopter collecting packed equipment, Cape Royds (001)

2023 Faumuina Felolini Maria Tafuna'I speaking at the Explorer Conference (001)

2019-20 Scott's 'Terra Nova' Hut at Cape Evans (003)

Mike Dawson and Laura Andrews during the South Pole Expedition

2003 K440 at Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, interior - Wardroom table

2003-04 British Antarctic Expedition 1907' box, Shackleton's 'Nimrod' Hut

2015-16 Truss three from Stores hut (007)

2003 K440 at Cape Evans - Cache of stores boxes, South side of hut

2006 Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut interior, Cape Evans (001)

2019-20 External fretting Venesta cases, Shackleton's 'Nimrod' Hut (001)

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