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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

2020-21 'Terra Nova' hut Inspection, Interior (002)

2019-20 Food supplies in Shackleton's 'Nimrod' Hut (004)

2006 Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut interior, Cape Evans (016)

2018-19 Shelves in Wilson and Evans' corner, Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut

2018-19 Bovril sledging rations case inside Scott's 'Discovery' hut, Hut Point

Wardroom and Tenements, Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut (004)

Kennels outside Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut (001)

2006 Candle lamp inside Scott's 'Discovery' hut, Hut Point

Young Inspiring Explorers TÄmati and Maddy wearing USAP gear

2003 K440 at Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut, exterior - Viewed from South-east (002)

Huntley and Palmer fruitcake in wrapping

2006 Interior of the AHT Conservation lab at Scott Base (006)

2006 Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut interior, Penguin eggs

2021-22 Hillary's TAE/IGY hut inspection, interior (014)

2018-19 TAE/IGY hut inspection, exterior (001)

Snow goggles, clothing and tool belt, Hillary's TAE/IGY hut

2013-14 AHT team taking Hägglunds transport from Scott Base (003)

2004-05 Scott's 'Discovery' hut, interior (030)

2010-11 Boxes stacked around the Garage area, Cape Royds (001)

2013-14 Provisions inside Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, Cape Evans

2010-11 Latrine area of Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut, Cape Royds

2003 K440 at Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut, interior - Survey of box types (007)

2013-14 Hägglunds travelling over a crack in the sea-ice (001)

2007 Step to be replaced at Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut, Cape Royds (004)

2019-20 Items moved, possibly due to storm shake, Shackleton's 'Nimrod' Hut (004)

2010-11 Water bottle hanging inside Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut

2015-16 Borchgrevink's Living hut and Adélie penguins

2015-16 Layer between shutter and window (001)

2002 K440B to Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut, interior - Moisture on walls (002)

2004-05 Scott's 'Discovery' hut, exterior (006)

Inspiring Explorer William Pike on the summit of Mount Scott, Antarctic Peninsula

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

2005-06 Removed metal floor panels surrounding Mrs Sam Stove, Cape Royds (001)

2008-09 'Terra Nova' hut, interior artefacts (039)

Inspiring Explorers Sadra Sultani and Ihlara McIndoe kayaking (002)

Final box arrangement, Shackleton's 'Nimrod' Hut (001)

2006 Venesta cases in snow outside Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, Cape Evans

Stables roof of Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut

Flour box group, Shackleton's 'Nimrod' Hut (002)

Sir Edmund Hillary Collegiate launch for the Antarctic Peninsula Inspiring Explorer Expedition™

2017-18 Hillary's TAE/IGY hut, Scott Base

2003-04 Chair and papers in Tenements area, Scott's 'Terra Nova' Hut

Asbestos removal, stove in Scott's 'Terra Nova' Hut

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