Conserve Archives

Encouraging the Next Generation of Antarctic Conservators

December 14, 2023 - Inspiring Explorers’™ Updates – 2023, Inspiring Explorers™, Alumni, Conserve, Encourage, News Story

Since July 2023, the Trust has been working with Young Inspiring Explorers™ alumna Abby Wilson on her school’s ‘Adopt a Scientist’ research project. Abby chose to focus her studies on Antarctica’s heritage conservation and Dr Gabriela Roldan, Trust Education Manager who is also a Social Scientist, responded to the call and mentored Abby for four months.

Bringing Antarctica to the World

December 14, 2023 - Inspiring Explorers™, Conserve, News Story, Share

Discovery Hut

March 13, 2024 - Ross Sea Heritage Restoration Project News, Antarctic Blog, Conserve, Scott's Hut, Hut Point, Share

Nicola Stewart, Antarctic Heritage Trust Lead Conservator for the 2023-24 summer conservation season, recounts her first encounter with Scott’s ‘Discovery’ hut in 2006, and the ongoing conservation efforts conserving its legacy.

Ross Sea Party Tent Conservation Journey Begins

November 1, 2024 - Conserve, News Story

The Ross Sea Party tent, an invaluable artefact from Sir Ernest Shackleton’s Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition 1914-17, is under scrutiny as three specialist conservators develop the most appropriate processes to conserve it.

Artefacts Repatriated to Scott’s Terra Nova hut

May 1, 2023 - Ross Sea Heritage Restoration Project News, Antarctic Blog, Conserve, News Story, Scott's Hut, Cape Evans

The team repatriated several items to Scott’s Terra Nova hut at Cape Evans this season including an improvised sledge distance meter wheel once owned by George Murray Levick.