159,000 images have been processed so far by the project team transitioning the Trust’s image assets to an online database called Recollect.
Two historic Antarctic artefacts are on their way home after more than 60 years and a trip around the globe.
For the first time since 2014, we have a team of four wintering over in Antarctica.
The discovery of historic Antarctic artefacts at Cape Evans is one of the highlights of the season for the Trust.
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.
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.
The largest and most challenging task this 2021/22 season was at Shackleton’s Nimrod hut at Cape Royds.
A team of four travelled to Ross Island in November to implement the annual monitoring and maintenance programme for the expedition bases.
The 2021-22 summer Antarctic season saw a seven-person conservation team spend nearly two months working on an extended monitoring and maintenance programme at the Ross Island explorer bases of Robert Falcon Scott at Cape Evans and Hut Point, Sir Ernest Shackleton’s base at Cape Royds, and Sir Edmund Hillary’s hut at Pram Point.
To support the ongoing conservation of the Ross Island explorer bases, this summer the Trust will have a team of five on-Ice led by Collections Conservation Manager Lizzie Meek, including a heritage carpenter, two artefact conservators, and a building conservation support person.
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