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Hosted in Christchurch, Gateway City to Antarctica this weekend Summit is for students in Years 7-9 who attend schools taking part in the William Pike Challenge nationwide, or attend schools around New Zealand that are invited to take part.
Students take part in Antarctic learning experiences which include meeting huskies and penguins, and weathering an Antarctic storm. They also learn about the early Antarctic Explorers, and find out what it’s like to live at New Zealand’s Scott Base.
Two special historic Antarctic artefacts connected with Captain Robert Falcon Scott are soon to be returned to the Ice!
After 60 years traveling the globe, the box of cocoa tins and a Shell motor spirits box will be reinstated to Scott’s Antarctic hut at Cape Evans. The Trust’s conservation team will return the artefacts during this season’s annual monitoring and maintenance programme.
The items, which were both crucial supplies on expeditions during the heroic age of Antarctic exploration, have been donated to the Trust by former United States naval Captain Dave Baker.
The Trust welcomes donations of Antarctic artefacts and will work with donors to return these important pieces of history back to the historic sites.
We have selected three incredible young people to ski 1000km to the South Pole to celebrate 150 years since the birth of legendary polar explorer Roald Amundsen.
The three Inspiring Explorers™ selected for the traverse of the South Pole are Auckland firefighter and medical first-responder, Laura Andrews, Norwegian Marthe Brendefur, an Intelligence Analyst, and New Zealand Olympian and Trust Mentor, Mike Dawson.
Antarctic Heritage Trust invites you to join us online for A Musical Journey to Antarctica, featuring five classical compositions by Inspiring Explorer Ihlara McIndoe accompanied by stunning visuals of Antarctica captured by renowned Antarctic filmmaker and photographer Anthony Powell.
This concert took place at The Piano in Christchurch, New Zealand and was livestreamed on 12 May 2022.
Scott’s Terra Nova hut, Cape Evans.
© Dr Fiona Shanhun
Step inside and you will find the building in good health with more than 11,000 artefacts left behind by expeditions of Scott and Shackleton carefully conserved.
That is due to the expert conservation work undertaken by Antarctic Heritage Trust, who in 2007 began a seven year journey to conserve the wooden hut and the artefacts left behind by expeditions of both Scott, and Shackleton.
Join the Trust’s Chief Operations Officer, Francesca Eathorne as she visits the hut, speaks to the conservation experts and hears how they worked within the world’s most extreme environment to save this important piece of Antarctic history.
Follow along at our Antarctic Blog for all the stories from the season.
© Fly on the Wall Images.
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Antarctic Heritage Trust
Administration Building, International Antarctic Centre
38 Orchard Road, Christchurch 8053, New Zealand
