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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.

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Inspiring Explorer Bridget Kruger in Greenland

2015-16 Adélie penguin and whaling boat (001)

2019-20 Hillary's TAE/IGY hut inspection, exterior (012)

2003-04 Entrance to Shackleton's 'Nimrod' Hut (001)

2002-03 Snow build up south Annexe and south wall of Scott's 'Terra Nova' Hut

2019-20 Work task - repaired oil leak on acetylene lighting plant, Scott's hut (019)

2005 Historic Midden at Cape Royds (001)

2015-16 Landscape view from flight (008)

2007 New door installed in Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut, Cape Royds

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

2022 Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut at Home Beach, Cape Evans

2003 Scott's 'Discovery' hut, interior - "Homelight" lamp oil box

2013-14 Elana Hawke photographing artefacts, Scott Base

2010-11 Artefacts on the Wardroom table inside Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut

2004-05 Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, work task, inspection (64)

2004-05 Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, work task, inspection (107)

2015-16 Location image - Hanson's bunk, Borchgrevink's hut (022)

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

2005 Scott's 'Terra Nova' Hut interior, Cape Evans (009)

2008-09 'Terra Nova' hut, interior artefacts (327)

2007 K170 at Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut stables - pony shoes

2015-16 Programme Manager-Artefacts Lizzie Meek

2018-19 Fuel stores boxes, Cape Evans (002)

2021-22 Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut inspection, interior (009)

2018-19 Refitting shutters on Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut, Cape Royds (001)

2013-14 Awning outside Scott's 'Discovery' hut, Hut Point (004)

2025 Scott's Cubicle, Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut

2005-06 Artefacts found under the floor of Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut, Cape Royds (001)

2012-13 Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut inspection, interior (010)

2008-09 'Terra Nova' hut, interior artefacts (389)

2004-05 Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, work task, inspection (137)

2003 K440 at Cape Adare - Field camp (004)

Detail of Venesta case to be repaired (001)

Toning of door 5, Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut (002)

An Inspiring Explorer during the crossing

2002 Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, South elevation (001)

2010-11 Bunks inside Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut, Cape Royds

2007 Scott's 'Discovery' hut inspection, interior, snow ingress, main space

Northwest corner, Scott's 'Discovery' hut (001)

2008 09 'Nimrod' hut, interior artefacts (050)

2010-11 Detail of butter box in the stables, Cape Evans (009)

Conservation carpenter Martin Wenzel and son Felix with Antarctic New Zealand's Peter McCarthy

2019-20 AHT Programme Manager Al Fastier in one of the walkways of Mario Zucchelli Station

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