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An Update from Port Lockroy

November 15, 2018 - Antarctic Blog, Conserve, UKAHT

Trust Programme Manager Al Fastier joined the UKAHT Port Lockroy Conservation Team under the Trust’s partnership to share its conservation knowledge and expertise developed during the Ross Sea Heritage Restoration Project. The team will spend five weeks at Port Lockroy and will undertake emergency repairs, do a full architectural survey, install solar power and schedule future conservation work.

The historic Base A, also known as Bransfield House, was built at Port Lockroy in 1944 as part of Operation Tabarin, a secret war time operation to establish a permanently occupied British base in Antarctica. The base was first conserved in 1996 and is now a living museum, a post office and a shop selling Antarctic souvenirs, which helps to fund the conservation project.

Base A at Port LockroyUKAHT

Base A at Port Lockroy

Challenges include living on a small 3 square acre island, working within a Gentoo penguin colony, snow and, at times, rain. Al said it is a fantastic location to work, with this historic hut being surrounded by snowcapped mountains rising steeply from the sea and with the hut that is rich in artefacts giving the site a real spirit of place and a strong connection to the past.

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Peninsula Partnership Update

May 9, 2020 - Antarctic Blog, Share, UKAHT

Over a seven-week period in late 2019, the Trust’s Programme Manager Lizzie Meek, journeyed via South America to the Antarctic Peninsula, to work alongside British conservator Sophie Rowe, surveying the artefact collection inside Bransfield House and the Boatshed, the two remaining 1948 Base A buildings at Port Lockroy.

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Conservation Assessment – Context and Aims

March 4, 2020 - Antarctic Blog, Share, UKAHT

‘What on earth are you doing here?’ asked a surprised friend of mine who arrived at Port Lockroy as a tourship safety guide, and bumped into me in the hallway of Bransfield House.

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Antarctic Twitching

February 24, 2020 - Antarctic Blog, Share, UKAHT

It seems like the more time you spend observing wildlife, the more there is to observe and the more interesting you find them.

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Working in the Field

February 17, 2020 - Antarctic Blog, Share, UKAHT

Working for hours at a time in sub-zero temperatures when you are cataloguing means you move very little.

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Tutti Frutti

February 12, 2020 - Antarctic Blog, Share, UKAHT

My experience of the Antarctic Expedition ships we travelled on, is that they go to great lengths to keep their guests happy and healthy. The hospitality on board from the crew is often exceptional, and I was struck by the enjoyment and creativity they brought to their work.

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Logistics and Delays

February 6, 2020 - Antarctic Blog, Share, UKAHT

Sometimes getting to Antarctica is as simple as getting on a plane in New Zealand and stepping off 5 hours later into sub zero temperatures. This year’s work expedition to Port Lockroy, (the British base on the Antarctic Peninsula managed by the United Kingdom Antarctic Heritage Trust) was a whole other story.

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Conserving Stonington Stories

July 4, 2018 - Conserve, News Story, UKAHT

“Like seeing Antarctica for the first time” is how Lizzie Meek (Programme Manager – Artefacts) described her experience at Stonington Island on the Antarctic Peninsula.

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Stunning Stonington

March 26, 2018 - News Story, UKAHT

The Trust is delighted to have our team assisting UKAHT on the Antarctic Peninsula as part of the new multi-year agreement.

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Latest Inspiring Explorers Updates

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  • Young Kiwi explorers announced for largest ever Inspiring Explorers Expedition™June 18, 2023 - 4:06 pm
  • Applications Launched for Inspiring Explorers Expedition™ South GeorgiaMay 1, 2023 - 8:00 am
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On arrival in the Antarctic Gateway City of Punta On arrival in the Antarctic Gateway City of Punta Arenas our Inspiring Explorers Expedition™ team went on a fascinating tour of sites with Antarctic significance led by our friends from the Antarctic Youth Coalition, @ayc_puq
Thank you for welcoming us to your wonderful home and sharing many special stories with us!
The team's next flight to the Falkland Islands has been delayed by two days, so they will be spending a little more time exploring Punta Arenas before joining their ship in the Falklands and sailing for South Georgia.

📸 Inspiring Explorers with our Antarctic Youth Coalition hosts. Kelly Davenport and Sasha Cheng with the bow of the 'Yelcho', the ship that rescued Shackleton's remaining men from Elephant Island. Clockwise Henry Conquer, Savannah de Vos, Porohu Hagai Noa, and Lily Green kiss the foot to ensure they return to this incredible region. Cole Yeoman points south to Antarctica. © AHT

Thanks to Inspiring Explorers™ Programme Partners, @metservicenz and @royalsocietynz . Logistics provided by @antarctica_21 .
#inspire #explore #discover #conserve #SouthGeorgia #inspiringexplorers #polar #adventure #Shackleton #thenandnow @sghtnews
So how did Shackleton end up in South Georgia? ❄ So how did Shackleton end up in South Georgia?
❄️During the Trans Antarctic Expedition, ‘Endurance’ became trapped in Weddell Sea ice for 10 months, eventually sinking in November 1915.
🛶 Shackleton and his crew found themselves stranded on ice floes for nearly six months, eventually boarding lifeboats and navigating rough conditions to reach Elephant Island.
The most remarkable part of their story was yet to come.
🌊Shackleton, ‘Endurance’ Captain Frank Worsley, and a team of four embarked on an 800-mile journey in the 'James Caird' lifeboat, braving the roughest ocean in the world, to reach South Georgia Island.
🏔 Overcoming treacherous terrain, Shackleton, Worsley, and Crean crossed the rugged, unexplored interior of the island in one arduous push, descending to safety and civilization at Stromness Whaling Station to raise the alarm.🔔
Read more about the 'Endurance' Expedition on the Inspiring Explorers Expedition™ website (link in bio).
Thanks to Inspiring Explorers™ Programme Partners, @MetServiceNZ and @RoyalSocietynz . Logistics provided by @antarctica_21 .
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✈️ After a long flight our Inspiring Explorers ✈️ After a long flight our Inspiring Explorers Expedition™ team (and all their luggage - yay!) have arrived in Santiago, Chile. ✈️

Tomorrow the next leg of our journey will take the team to the Antarctic Gateway City of Punta Arenas, Chile. 🇨🇱

Thanks to Inspiring Explorers™ Programme Partners, @MetServiceNZ and @RoyalSocietynz . Logistics provided by @antarctica_21 .

📸 (L-R) South Georgia Inspiring Explorers Expedition™ team members Sasha Cheng, Te Aroha Devon, Rose Lasham, Jenny Sahng, Savannah de Vos, and Henry Conquer in Santiago, Chile © AHT

To keep up to date with all Inspiring Explorers Expedition™ updates, follow our socials or visit our website (link in bio).

#inspire #explore #discover #conserve #SouthGeorgia #inspiringexplorers #polar #adventure #Shackleton #thenandnow @sghtnews
🧊❄️ Days of Ice will illuminate �Tūranga 🧊❄️ Days of Ice will illuminate �Tūranga in Ōtautahi Christchurch, 2-8 October!

During this event, visitors will have the opportunity to embark on a captivating audio and visual journey through 'Aurora Waiata' an installation crafted by artist Jason O’Hara. Made possible by @antarctica.nz�, O'Hara's imaginative and poetic response to the Aurora Australis will bring the experience of the southern lights - Tahu-nui-ā Rangi, the great fires of ancestors whose canoes ventured far to the south - to the community, making it a highlight of the Days of Ice.

Every day during lunchtime, two remarkable films will be screening: 'Te Whakairo - Ngā Kī o Te Tai Ao - The Carvings Carry the Stories of the World' and 'Antarctica from Above' narrated by Lucy Lawless. The latter film explores Antarctica’s Ross Sea Coast and stunning Subantarctic islands in a visual symphony.�
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�And don't miss '�Explore Antarctica' on Saturday 7 October! Bring the kids along to participate in story time, penguin origami, face-painting, and meet the huskies on the Library Plaza.

��#discover #inspire #explore #conserve #daysofice #awesomeantarctia #exploreantarctia
“It is in our nature to explore, to reach out to “It is in our nature to explore, to reach out to the unknown” – Shackleton

🌟 Today, we bid farewell and wish the best of luck to our incredible team of 22 young New Zealanders embarking on a journey to honour the legacy of one of the greatest explorers, Sir Ernest Shackleton. 🌟

Their expedition will take them from New Zealand to Santiago (Chile), then to Punta Arenas in Southern Chile, and finally to the Falkland Islands. From there, they'll board Antarctica21’s Magellan Explorer and set sail to South Georgia, a land rich in history and natural wonders.

We are thrilled to be able to share this expedition with you, as we honour the centenary year of Shackleton’s final expedition (the 'Quest'). Join us in wishing the Inspiring Explorers™ team good luck for their incredible journey! 🐧

Thanks to Inspiring Explorers™ Programme Partners, @MetServiceNZ and @RoyalSocietynz . Logistics provided by @antarctica_21 .

📸 The Trust’s Inspiring Explorers Expedition™ team ready to depart Auckland airport ©AHT

For South Georgia Inspiring Explorers Expedition™ updates, follow the link in our bio
We are proud to partner with MetService on our Ins We are proud to partner with MetService on our Inspiring Explorers Expedition™ South Georgia to create an extraordinary opportunity for our Inspiring Explorers™ to delve into scientific outreach projects that touch on a range of subjects including climate change, meteorology, marine science, and polar history.

MetService Meteorologist and Inspiring Explorer, Kelly Davenport, will lead a science programme utilising MetService’s world-leading technology, including Mangōpare Temperature Sensors which take sub-surface ocean temperature profiles, to gather data and help achieve a deeper understanding of the area’s weather and ocean conditions.

One particularly exciting aspect will see our Inspiring Explorers™ take weather observations and create their own short-term weather forecast predictions using both modern and heroic-age techniques.

Our partnership with MetService sees our team working at the intersection of innovation and exploration, offering our Inspiring Explorers™ an unparalleled opportunity to make a lasting impact. The story they tell will connect climate change effects in the Deep South to impacted ocean and atmospheric circulations that lead to increasingly-severe weather around the globe. Stay tuned for updates! 🚀🔬🌏

🎥 Inspiring Explorers™ Kelly Davenport and Lawrence Rothwell testing MetService’s Mangōpare Temperature Sensors in Wellington harbour. © Coastguard New Zealand

Thanks to Coastguard New Zealand for enabling our Inspiring Explorers™ to test MetService’s Mangōpare Temperature Sensors before departing for South Georgia Island.

#inspire #explore #discover #conserve #SouthGeorgia #inspiringexplorers #polar #adventure #Shackleton #thenandnow @metservicenz @coastguardnz
❄️ Check out the first images of Scott's 'Terr ❄️ Check out the first images of Scott's 'Terra Nova' hut at Cape Evans on Ross Island after the long winter! We are very happy to learn that it is in great shape with no damage inside or out.

This is one of five historic Antarctic explorer expedition bases that Antarctic Heritage Trust is proud to care for and was used by Captain Robert Falcon Scott on his British Antarctic 'Terra Nova' Expedition 1910-1913. Our team of conservators is busy putting together the final plans to return to Antarctica for the summer season of monitoring and maintenance of these important historic sites.

We are grateful to @Antarctica.nz for their support and for capturing these first images of the hut.

📸 Scott's 'Terra Nova' Hut, September 2023. © Ed Anscombe/Antarctica New Zealand

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It’s almost time for the Inspiring Explorers Exp It’s almost time for the Inspiring Explorers Expedition™ – South Georgia to depart, so how are our Inspiring Explorers feeling about the upcoming expedition?

🌟 Lily Green shares her excitement, "As soon as the countdown hit 20 days, I realised it’s really going to happen, I’m about to set off on an adventure of a lifetime. I feel so grateful to have this opportunity and I can’t wait to take on every challenge, friendship, personal development, learning opportunity this trip throws at me."

🌿 Jenny Sahng adds her perspective, "Excited to be going straight from advocating for a safer climate future for New Zealand, to experiencing the ecosystems at the very front line of climate change - South Georgia! I feel energised to hear about how South Georgia's biodiversity was able to bounce back after decades of decimation due to whaling and sealing. Success stories like South Georgia are powerful for motivating the public to get involved in protecting the very environment that we all rely on. We can harness an explorer mindset to explore different ways of working together in local and global communities, in order to find collective, equitable solutions to the biggest challenge of the 21st century: climate change."

🌊 Kelly Davenport can't wait to get started on the science project, "I can't believe I'm heading to South Georgia so soon, it's really a trip of a lifetime! It's so exciting to be gathering ocean and meteorological data in such a remote and beautiful region. In our changing world we may not have the answers to the environmental concerns yet, however by gathering more data like what we are collecting in South Georgia we can gain a greater understanding of what is going on."

The Inspiring Explorers™ will participate together as a group, cruising in Zodiac boats, visiting king penguin rookeries, seal covered beaches, and the many important historic sites on the island, several of which are forever connected to the story of Sir Ernest Shackleton. They will live the explorer mindset, demonstrating curiosity, resilience, leadership, and teamwork along the way.

The team head away on their adventure in just two days!

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Antarctic Heritage Trust is bringing our fully imm Antarctic Heritage Trust is bringing our fully immersive Virtual Reality experience of Sir Edmund Hillary's Antarctic Hut to HB Memorial Library in Gisborne 🙌

Explore Sir Ed's hut through this ground-breaking VR experience and celebrate New Zealand's first presence in Antarctica. Don't miss out!���
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��Free for all ages 9 and up, no bookings required. Please allow 15 minutes for each VR session. See you there! 🌍🏔️❄️

10am to 4pm
Tuesday 26 - Friday 29 September
HB Williams Memorial Library, 34 Bright Street, Gisborne

��📸People experience VR ©AHT��

#hillaryshutvr #virtualreality #hillary #vr #heritage #conserve #inspire #explore #Antarctica #discover

@duluxnz @staples_vr @autuni @htcvive @antarctica.nz
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