Welcome to Antarctic Heritage Trust

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.

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Latest News

 

Video Gallery. Find clips of our team working out at Sir Ernest Shackleton's base, a  music clip dedicated to Captain Scott and a clip about our team's accommodation while in the field.

 

Download the media release (05 Feb 2010) about the 100+ year old whiskey and Brandy Crates excavated in Antarctica.

 

Photo Gallery.  Check out photos of the bases under our care.

 

Matched Funding Offer. A 1:1 funding challenge sees every dollar raised to save  Captain Scott's race for the Pole matched.

 

Antarctic Blog.  Hosted by the Natural History Museum, London.

 

Read our latest newsletter Heritage Hearsay.

 

Membership. Click here if you are an existing member wanting to renew online or here if you want to to join us as a member and support our work.

 

Nationwide Lecture Tour (NZ) 2010: Shackleton, The Greatest Survival Story Ever Told. A rare opportunity to hear Geoff Selley (FRGS) recreate the original lantern slide lecture of Dr Hussey, a member of Ernest Shackleton's 1914 expedition. 

 

Captain Scott's Diaries.  The Scott Polar Research Institute is publishing Captain Scott's last diaries via both a daily blog and Twitter.

 

Conservation Update. Read the latest update on our work to save the base associated with Captain Scott's race for the South Pole.

 

Sponsors and Partners

Singapore Airlines: Official Airline of AHT Hallensteins American Express Christchurch International Airport The Southern Trust

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