Antarctic Heritiage Trust - Conserving the Expedition Bases from Antarctic Explorers
Welcome to the home page of the Antarctic Heritage Trust (New Zealand) - the non profit acknowledged internationally as the organisation responsible for the care of the expedition bases associated with the first explorers of the Ross Sea region of Antarctica.
Our Misson:
To conserve the expedition bases associated with Captain Robert Falcon Scott, Sir Ernest Shackleton and Carsten Borchgrevink.
Educating and inspiring future generations to go out and explore and discover.
Latest News from Antarctic Heritage Trust
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The Great Whisky Thaw. In a joint conservation project AHT and Canterbury Museum are working together to thaw and conserve a century old whisky crate found beneath Sir Ernest Shackleton's 1908 Antarctic base. Learn more. |
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Video Gallery. View clips of our team working on Ice, music videos dedicated to Captain Scott and more |
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Antarctic Blog. Hosted by the Natural History Museum, London |
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Find out More About the Trust. Read our latest newsletter and annual report. |
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Want to Assist our Work? Either become a member or make a donation (every dollar raised to save Captain Scott's 1910 - 13 base is matched 1:1) |
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Upcoming Centenaries. 2010 - 2013 marks the centenaries associated with Captain Robert Falcon Scott's 1910 - 13 expedition. Find out about planned events |
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Conservation Update. Read the latest update and view photos on our work to save the base associated with Captain Scott's race for the South Pole |
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Listen to David Attenborough speak about Captain Scott's base on BBC's Radio 4. |
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Educators. We have started building an online library of Antarctic related resources. |
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Virtual Tour and Photographs. Take a virtual tour of the historic huts or view modern and historic photos |
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