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Into Ocean & Ice: Inspiring Explorers™ Share Antarctic Legacy

December 20, 2024 - South Georgia, Inspiring Explorers™, Encourage, News Story, Share

Four emerging artists from the visual arts outreach team of the Trust’s 2023 Inspiring Explorers Expedition™ to South Georgia are sharing their transformative experiences through a compelling new exhibition at the New Zealand Maritime Museum Hui Te Ananui a Tangaroa in Auckland.

Connections Create Life-changing Experience in South Georgia

December 14, 2023 - Inspiring Explorers’™ Updates – 2023, South Georgia, South Georgia, Inspiring Explorers™, Encourage, Inspiring Explorers' Expeditions™, News Story

Twenty-two young New Zealanders travelled with the Trust to South Georgia in October 2023 for our ninth Inspiring Explorers Expedition™ as part of the Shackleton Centenary Year Expedition.

Inspiring Young Explorers

September 27, 2024 - Encourage, News Story

In the first half of 2024, the Trust hosted two significant Inspiring Explorers™ programme events: our sixth Young Inspiring Explorers™ Summit, held in April, and our third Explorer Conference, held in June.

‘Polheim’ Premieres

May 30, 2024 - Encourage, Films, Inspiring Explorers' Expeditions™, News Story, Share

‘Polheim’, the documentary film following the Trust’s 2022 Inspiring Explorers Expedition™ to the South Pole, had its world premiere at the Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival (VIMFF) on 26 February 2024. Directed by Simon Waterhouse and Liddy Whiteman of Resonate, and featuring stunning footage captured by Inspiring Explorer Mike Dawson, this captivating documentary takes viewers on an extraordinary journey from New Zealand and Norway, to Punta Arenas, Chile, and across the icy expanse of Antarctica.

South Georgia Expedition Outreach

May 30, 2024 - Inspiring Explorers’™ Updates – 2023, South Georgia, Inspiring Explorers™, Encourage, Inspiring Explorers' Expeditions™, News Story, Share

Sharing their expedition with the world, our South Georgia Inspiring Explorers™ have so far written 19 blogs, undertaken public speaking engagements in their community, recorded podcast interviews, and shared their experience in media articles.

Inspiring Explorers Expedition™ 2025

May 30, 2024 - Inspiring Explorers™, Encourage, Inspiring Explorers' Expeditions™, News Story

To mark the tenth anniversary of the Trust’s Inspiring Explorers™ programme we will be offering eight young people a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to walk in the footsteps of the early Antarctic explorers by stepping inside the historic explorer bases the Trust cares for in Antarctica.

Education Programme Update

May 30, 2024 - Virtual Reality, Encourage, News Story

The Trust’s Inspiring Explorers™ Education team had another productive year in 2023, touring our education programme and fully immersive virtual reality (VR) experience of Sir Edmund Hillary’s Antarctic hut.

Icy Fun and Learning at Summit

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

In November, the Trust’s Young Inspiring Explorers™ Summit saw 25 students, aged 11-14, travel to Ōtautahi Christchurch from around New Zealand. Thanks to our donors, Royal Society Te Apārangi, and our major sponsor, the US Embassy and Consulate in New Zealand, this was our biggest Summit yet. This action-packed weekend was delivered in partnership with William Pike Challenge.

‘Polheim’ World Premiere Announced

January 30, 2024 - Inspiring Explorers’™ Updates – 2023, Inspiring Explorers™, Alumni, Encourage, Films, Inspiring Explorers' Expeditions™, News Story, Share

Antarctic Heritage Trust is proud to announce the world premiere screening of Polheim at the Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival on 26 February.

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.