Archive for category: Conserve

Discovery Hut

March 13, 2024 - , , , ,

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.

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Ross Sea Party Tent Conservation Journey Begins

November 1, 2024 - ,

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.

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Artefacts Repatriated to Scott’s Terra Nova hut

May 1, 2023 - , , , ,

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.

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Online Database Update April 2023

May 1, 2023 - , , ,

159,000 images have been processed so far by the project team transitioning the Trust’s image assets to an online database called Recollect.

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Antarctic artefacts return home after 60 years in the USA

August 23, 2022 - , , , ,

Two historic Antarctic artefacts are on their way home after more than 60 years and a trip around the globe.

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Life at the South Pole today gives perspective on Antarctica’s heroic-era explorers

July 25, 2022 - , , , ,

Life at the South Pole today gives perspective on Antarctica’s heroic-era explorers, by Sarah Bouckoms

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Initial Reaction – Connecting with Heroic Age Artefacts

August 8, 2022 - , , , ,

Artefacts that close the gap between the conservation lab and the distant idea of the heroic age of exploration

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