Scott's Hut, Hut Point Archives

2023/24 Summer Conservation Season – Ross Island

The Trust’s On-Ice Conservation team spent thirteen weeks in Antarctica this season, from early November until late January, undertaking an intensive digital data capture project, followed by the annual conservation programme at the historic Ross Island explorer bases of Captain Robert Falcon Scott, Sir Ernest Shackleton, and Sir Edmund Hillary.

2023/24 Conservation Season

December 14, 2023 - Ross Sea Heritage Restoration Project News, Conserve, Hillary's Hut, News Story, Scott's Hut, Cape Evans, Scott's Hut, Hut Point, Shackleton's Hut, UKAHT

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.

Preventing Blubber Ooze at Scott’s ‘Discovery’ Hut

May 29, 2022 - Ross Sea Heritage Restoration Project News, Antarctic Blog, Conserve, News Story, Scott's Hut, Hut Point

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.