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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 Bed frame in the Galley inside Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut (004)

2010-11 Box of Matches found at Cape Royds

Inspiring Explorer Leah Stewart photographing chinstrap penguins on Antarctic Peninsula

2021-22 Scott's 'Discovery' hut, interior, box of dog biscuits

2002-03 Excavating ice, south east corner of Scott's 'Terra Nova' Hut

2013-14 Artefacts on the Wardroom table inside Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut

2005-06 Snow build-up around Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, Cape Evans

2020-21 Shackleton's 'Nimrod' Hut, hut exterior (016)

2015-16 Location image - Galley, Borchgrevink's hut (095)

2025 Galley artefacts, Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut

Inspiring Explorers Expedition™ team recreate the 'Polheim' image

Crevasse rescue training at a skate park

Inspiring Explorer Hollie Woodhouse during the crossing

2015-16 Stove in Borchgrevink's hut (001)

2010-11 Artefacts in situ in the Stone hut, Cape Evans (016)

2017-18 Scott's 'Discovery' hut, interior, seal blubber stack detail

2007 K170, Scott's 'Terra Nova' Hut - Biology equipment and bench

2012-13 Stevenson Screen inspection (003)

2005-06 Antarctic Heritage Trust Field camp at Cape Royds in a storm

2005 Snow build-up around Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, Cape Evans (002)

Inspiring Explorers during safety briefing

Southeast elevation of Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut

2017-18 Scott's 'Discovery' hut inspection, interior (006)

2004-05 Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut conservation (270)

Wardroom table in Scott's 'Terra Nova' Hut

2004-05 Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut dog kennels (014)

Photographer Jane Ussher NMZM, Prime Minister Rt Hon Jacinda Ardern and AHT Executive Director Nigel Watson

2010-11 Cape Evans field camp buildings (004)

Pony artefacts, Stables of Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut

2022-23 Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut inspection, interior (356)

2010-11 Heinz tomato ketchup box inside Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut

2013-14 Allan Hills cache fuel cans, Scott Base

2009-10 Snow build-up in Garage and Stables, Cape Royds

Inspiring Explorers Expedition™ team pull their sleds on a clear day (003)

Venesta cases and shelved artefacts, Scott's 'Terra Nova' Hut

Antarctic Heritage Trust Education team at the launch of the Scott's 'Discovery' hut Virtual Reality Experience

2010-11 Hägglunds transporting equipment

Northeast elevation, Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut

2004-05 Shackleton's 'Nimrod' meteorological screen (004)

2008-09 'Terra Nova' hut artefact monitoring, exterior (016)

2007 K170, Scott's 'Terra Nova' Hut - Evans' and Wilson's corner (001)

2006 Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut interior, Cape Evans (004)

2006 Permafrost surrounding Venesta box, Cape Royds (001)

Historic Venesta case in conservation lab

Artist Sean Garwood with his wife Ligliana and ANTNZ Photographer Anthony Powell

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

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