The story of Sir Ernest Shackleton’s Ross Sea Party is one that is rarely told.
For over 725 days, the Ross Sea Party men completed their mission to lay supply depots across the Ross Ice Shelf for Shackleton to use on the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition 1914–1917.
What they didn’t know was that Shackleton’s Endurance ship never made it to Antarctica.
Though Shackleton’s legacy is known across the globe, the story of the Ross Sea Party is one that many have never heard. Today you have the opportunity to bring their story to life.
We need your help to conserve the Ross Sea Party tent.
Found during the 1960-61 Antarctic season, the Ross Sea Party tent may be the only one left in the world.
Help the Trust to conserve artefacts like this through our artefact conservation programme today!