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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

2018-19 Mess Deck inside Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut at Cape Evans

Fodder box re-instalment, Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut (003)

2025 Calum Turner and Al Fastier, Cape Evans

Climbing Mount Ollivier above Hooker Glacier

2018-19 Fuel stores boxes, Cape Evans (008)

2008-09 'Terra Nova' hut, interior artefacts (407)

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

2003 K440 at Borchgrevink's huts - Living hut interior (080)

Provision and Venesta cases in the main space, Scott's 'Discovery' hut

Young Inspiring Explorers paddling their rafts on the Worsley Weekend (047)

2017-18 Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, work task, duckboards (004)

2019-20 Baseline image - Display shelves, Radio room (Room 8), Hillary's TAE/IGY Hut (008)

2007 British Museum stamp inside Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, Cape Evans

2012-13 Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut survey, exterior (011)

2003 K440 at Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut - Picture board above Oates' bunk

2008-09 'Terra Nova' hut, interior artefacts (171)

2004-05 Scott's 'Discovery' hut, exterior (010)

2013-14 Sledges stored inside Scot's 'Terra Nova' hut, Cape Evans

2007-08 Base of northeast corner wall, Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut

Inspiring Explorers Expedition™ team on the South Pole Expedition

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

2009-10 Gibson's quilting after repairs, Stables, Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut

2003 K440 at Cape Royds - Sea ice in McMurdo Sound

2015-16 External artefacts at Cape Adare (036)

2018-19 North-East corner of Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, Cape Evans

Mike Dawson on the South Pole Expedition

2008-09 'Terra Nova' hut, General exterior (163)

Mrs Sam stove in Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut (001)

2013-14 Seal near the AHT field camp on Home Beach, Cape Evans

2018-19 AHT team walks to "work", Cape Evans

2010-11 Bulkhead inside Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut

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

2003 K440 at Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut - Mule snow shoes, Stables

2005 Snow ingress on artefacts inside Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut, Cape Royds

2017-18 Scott's 'Discovery' hut, interior, Stove Area

2010-11 Detail of butter box in the stables, Cape Evans (006)

2004-05 Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, Cape Evans, Interior (04)

2009-10 Helicopter transporting cargo, Cape Evans field camp

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

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