Desalination Treatment of Iron Artefacts - Summer 2021-2022

Antarctic Heritage Trust Conservator Jane Hamill shows us the process of desalination of iron artefacts from Shackleton’s hut at Cape Royds and Scott’s hut at Cape Evans

The conservation team at Scott Base have been working through hundreds of artefacts from Shackleton’s hut at Cape Royds and Scott’s hut at Cape Evans.

The huts are located on the coast and for much of the year the sea is frozen, but for a few months over Summer the sea-ice breaks out and there is open water in front of the huts.