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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

2010-11 Lyle's golden syrup cans inside Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut

Messdeck looking east, Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut

2006 Conservators at work, excavating Bowers' Annexe at Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut

2020-21 'Nimrod' hut Inspection - Exterior (012)

2013-14 Blubber stove in the Stables inside Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, Cape Evans (002)

Richard and Rosemary McElrea with Nigel Watson

Ilford camera film cannisters, Hillary's TAE/IGY hut

Scott's Cubicle, Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut

2019-20 Hut inspection - Main Annexe entrance in southwest corner with Mount Erebus beyond, Scott's Hut, Cape Evans

2014-15 Scott's 'Discovery' hut before artefact repopulation, Main Space

Young Inspiring Explorers™ visiting RNZAF C130 Hercules (017)

Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut, southeast elevation (002)

2013-14 Vacuum pump in the Science corner in Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut (001)

Symington's Pea Flour, Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut

2006 Interior of the AHT storage container at Scott Base (011)

Salter Scales after repatriation to 'Discovery' hut (003)

New lab coats for the winter Conservators

2018-19 Safety pins from a first aid kit, Cape Evans

2007 K170 at Scott's 'Terra Nova' Hut - 'Borofax' ointment tube

2017-18 Annual artefact monitoring programme, Cape Royds, Moir's Beef Loaf tin (001)

2004-05 Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, work task, inspection (60)

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

2008 K170, Scott's 'Terra Nova' Hut - Chemical bottles and equipment in Ponting's darkroom (002)

2013-14 Roof of Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut visible on the approach

2005 Darkroom, Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, Cape Evans

Snow build-up, north elevation of Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut (003)

2006 Pictures of Edward VII and Alexandra of Denmark inside Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut

2005 Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut interior, Cape Evans (012)

Young Inspiring Explorers wearing USAP gear (003)

2007 K170, Scott's 'Terra Nova' Hut - Shelves in Physical laboratory (003)

Laura Andrews speaking, South Georgia Inspiring Explorers™ application launch (006)

2017-18 Annual artefact monitoring programme, Cape Evans, chain

2005 Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut stores boxes, Cape Evans (002)

Darkroom artefacts, Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut

2019-20 Cold Porch of the Northern Party hut (002)

2003-04 Exterior of sky light windows, showing cracks, Scott's 'Discovery' Hut

2004-05 Scott's 'Discovery' hut, interior (035)

2009-10 Fry's cocoa boxes, Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut

2010-11 Artefacts on the table outside the Darkroom door, Cape Evans

2002-03 Scott's 'Discovery' hut building survey, exterior (073)

2019-20 Walkways at Mario Zucchelli Station

2017-18 Scott's 'Discovery' hut, exterior, North verandah

2004-05 Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut conservation (033)

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

Inspiring Explorer alum Tom McTavish's presentation (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