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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

2014-15 Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, interior, artefacts above Darkroom (001)

2016-17, Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut inspection, exterior

Young Inspiring Explorers paddling their rafts on the Worsley Weekend (004)

2003-04 Food supplies in Shackleton's 'Nimrod' Hut

The 'Magellan Explorer' at Gold Harbour, South Georgia

2012 Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, interior, meteorological bench in Physical Laboratory

2005 Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut, before K441 East Gablet

2008-09 'Terra Nova' hut, interior artefacts (261)

2015-16 Adélie penguins at Cape Adare (009)

Physical laboratory in Scott's 'Terra Nova' Hut

2010-11 Enamel cookware in the Galley inside Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut

Wool under garment in Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut (001)

Deputy Principal Shauna Eldridge and Inspiring Explorer Jaylee Savage kayaking (004)

2010-11 Provisions on shelves inside Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut

West wall and latrines, Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut (001)

2007-08 Boxes from Bowers' Annexe stored in stables

South side of Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut and snow wall

Mike Dawson on the South Pole Expedition

2005 Artefacts in the snow surrounding Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut, Cape Royds (001)

Inspiring Explorers Sadra Sultani and Ihlara McIndoe kayaking (013)

2005-06 Metal floor panels surrounding Mrs Sam Stove, Cape Royds

2017-18 Annual artefact monitoring programme, Cape Evans, adjustable clamp stand (003)

2022 Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, interior, bicycle in Stables (006)

Inspiring Explorers ascending Mount Hodges (002)

Borchgrevink's Stores Hut at Cape Adare during the 2019-20 season (005)

2018-19 Venesta cases stacked outside Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut, Cape Royds

Western Annexe, Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut

Asbestos removal, stove in Scott's 'Terra Nova' Hut (016)

Inspiring Explorers crossing the Greenland Ice cap

2009-10 AHT's Gord Macdonald taking moisture measurements, Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut

2005 Artefacts on shelves inside Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut, Cape Royds (001)

2017-18 Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut, interior, timber headboard

2008-09 'Terra Nova' hut, Galley stove (001)

2015-16 Location image - Galley, Borchgrevink's hut (084)

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

Snow build-up at field camp site, Cape Royds

Bengt Rotmo at camp during the South Pole Expedition

2018-19 British Antarctic Expedition case inside Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut, Cape Royds

2020-21 Scott's 'Discovery' hut Inspection, interior (013)

2018-19 Vince's Cross through a window, 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