Comms, Author at Antarctic Heritage Trust

About Comms

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Entries by Comms

Ross Sea Heritage Restoration Project News, Antarctic Blog, Conserve, News Story, Scott's Hut, Cape Evans

Historic Antarctic Artefacts Discovered

The discovery of historic Antarctic artefacts at Cape Evans is one of the highlights of the season for the Trust.

Ross Sea Heritage Restoration Project News, Antarctic Blog, Conserve, News Story, Scott's Hut, Cape Evans

Protecting and Repatriating Artefacts at Scott’s ‘Terra Nova’ hut

A key project, in addition to maintenance and monitoring work at Scott’s Terra Nova hut at Cape Evans work was to reduce the dust levels from the scoria in the stables and western annex.

Ross Sea Heritage Restoration Project News, Antarctic Blog, Conserve, News Story, Scott's Hut, Hut Point

Preventing Blubber Ooze at Scott’s ‘Discovery’ Hut

At Scott’s Discovery hut at Hut Point, a stack of seal blubber within the hut has been oozing oil onto the adjacent floorboards during the warm summer months.

Ross Sea Heritage Restoration Project News, Antarctic Blog, Conserve, News Story, Shackleton's Hut

Conserving Shackleton’s Venesta Cases

The largest and most challenging task this 2021/22 season was at Shackleton’s Nimrod hut at Cape Royds.

News Story

Letter from Executive Director Nigel Watson

In February 2023 Nigel Watson will finish as the Trust’s Executive Director.

News Story

Online Database Update

Over the last twelve months, the project team transitioning the Trust’s image assets to an online database called Recollect have processed 126,580,000 images from the Trust’s archives.

News Story

New Zealand Prime Minister visits Explorer Bases

In October 2022, New Zealand Prime Minister Rt Hon Jacinda Ardern travelled to Antarctica to see the work of New Zealand scientists first-hand and mark the 65th anniversary of New Zealand’s Scott Base.

News Story

New Patron-in-Chief

The Trust is delighted to announce that New Zealand’s Governor-General the Rt Hon Dame Cindy Kiro GNZM QSO has accepted the role of Patron-in- Chief of the Antarctic Heritage Trust, continuing unbroken Vice Regal patronage of 35 years.

News Story