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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 Metal survey artefact image in the Physical Laboratory, Cape Evans (009)

2016-17 AHT's Doug Henderson installing Junction Box sub floor, Hillary's TAE/IGY hut

2008-09 'Terra Nova' hut, interior artefacts (257)

Irish Brawn tin, Shackleton's 'Nimrod' Hut

The physical laboratory, Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut

Excavated Colman's boxes showing ice build-up

The darkroom in Shackleton's 'Nimrod' Hut

2022-23 Drawings inside Borchgrevink's hut, Cape Adare

2015-16 Location image - Colbeck's bunk, Borchgrevink's hut (007)

2014-15 Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, interior, bulkhead shelving

2013-14 Fire extinguishers inside the TAE/IGY hut, Scott Base

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

2007 Pulley outside Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut, Cape Royds

2002 K440B at Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, interior - Ice build-up, lower South wall (003)

2004-05 Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut exterior (018)

Box undergoing repairs, Cape Royds (020)

2012-13 Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut inspection, exterior

Young Inspiring Explorers with a bust of Frank Worsley in Akaroa

Laura Andrews on the South Pole Expedition

Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, east and north elevation

2013-14 Photography development supplies inside Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, Cape Evans (001)

2022 Cape Evans, work task, new work identified, Stevenson screen louver (006)

2019-20 Oxidised metal pails outside Scott's 'Terra Nova' Hut

2025 Pony feed bag in the Stables, Cape Evans

2006-07 Artefacts excavated from Bowers' Annexe, Cape Evans

2017-18 Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut, conservators at work, Conservation Ambassador Diana McCormack

2005 Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut seen from Wind Vane hill

Venesta case excavation underway near Shackleton's 'Nimrod' Hut

2013-14 Stack of penguins inside Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, Cape Evans

2010-11 Cross on Wind Vane Hill, Cape Evans

2022 Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut, North Bay, and Barne Glacier (002)

2006 Stacked provisions inside Shackelton's 'Nimrod' hut, Cape Royds

2004-05 Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut conservation (214)

2003 Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut, exterior - Snow build-up, Northern side

Mike Dawson in a plane after the South Pole Expedition

2020-21 'Terra Nova' hut Inspection, Interior (007)

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

Galley and stove, Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut (001)

2005-06 Snow removal from Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut, Cape Royds (001)

2008-09 'Terra Nova' hut, interior artefacts (231)

Roof detail, Shackleton's 'Nimrod' hut (005)

2010-11 Artefacts stored in the bulkhead inside Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut

2019-20 Shackleton's 'Nimrod' Hut inspection, interior (010)

2019-20 Mess deck in the enlisted men's space

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