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Archive for category: Conserve

Cape Adare Reached

December 19, 2022 - Ross Sea Heritage Restoration Project News, Conserve, News Story, Uncategorized

An Antarctica New Zealand led event saw a small team of four people reach Cape Adare, the site of Carsten Borchgrevink’s expedition base, for the first time since the field camp on site was completed during the 2019-20 summer season.

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Winter-Over Team Return

December 19, 2022 - Ross Sea Heritage Restoration Project News, Conserve, News Story, Uncategorized

In October 2022 our winter conservation team of four conservators – Jane Hamill, Shannah Rhynard-Geil, Belinda Hager, and Conor Tulloch returned from the Ice.

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Antarctic Conservation Update – September 2022

September 28, 2022 - Ross Sea Heritage Restoration Project News, Conserve, News Story, Uncategorized

In a first since 2014, our winter conservation team of four conservators – Jane Hamill, Shannah Rhynard-Geil, Belinda Hager, and Conor Tulloch have wintered-over in Antarctica.

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Antarctic Conservation Season Update June 2022

August 29, 2021 - Ross Sea Heritage Restoration Project News, Conserve, News Story, Uncategorized

Covid-19 continues to have a major impact on people and programmes across the Ross Sea Heritage Restoration Project (RSHRP).

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Meet the Conservation Team

December 19, 2021 - Ross Sea Heritage Restoration Project News, Conserve, News Story, Uncategorized

Following a mandatory two-week period of isolation, the Trust’s On-Ice conservation team deployed to Ross Island, Antarctica in early December.

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Antarctic Conservation Season Update

December 13, 2020 - Ross Sea Heritage Restoration Project News, Conserve, News Story, Uncategorized

Despite the ramifications of Covid-19, our conservation team have successfully completed the essential monitoring and maintenance programme at the Ross Island historic huts in November and December 2020, thanks to the support of Antarctica New Zealand, in what has been an extremely challenging year for their operations.

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Frozen Rigging, Antarctica Bound

December 23, 2020 - Ross Sea Heritage Restoration Project News, Conserve, News Story, Uncategorized

AHT discovered that a section of this cable had corroded through after more than 100 years, making the cable unfit for purpose.

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Hillary’s Hut (TAE/IGY) Ice Melter gets the Deluxe Dulux Treatment

December 23, 2020 - Ross Sea Heritage Restoration Project News, Conserve, News Story, Uncategorized

The Trust worked very closely with Dulux to research historic paint archives, and examine the multitude of different coloured interior and exterior paint samples from the hut itself.

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Antarctic Conservation Season Update September 2020

September 6, 2020 - Ross Sea Heritage Restoration Project News, Conserve, News Story, Uncategorized

The COVID-19 global pandemic has impacted the Trust’s Antarctic operations for the upcoming 2020-2021 season.

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Sharing the First Stories

May 9, 2020 - Conserve, News Story, Uncategorized

Antarctic Heritage Trust is excited to have a new creative project being developed using augmented reality (AR).

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Latest Inspiring Explorers Updates

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#OnThisDay in Christiania, Norway 1864, Antarctic #OnThisDay in Christiania, Norway 1864, Antarctic explorer Carston Borchgrevink was born.

Educated at Gjertsen College and the Royal Forestry school, Tharandt, Saxony, he then worked in Australia with government surveyors. In 1894 Borchgrevink joined HJ Bull’s whaling expedition, first visiting the Antarctic continent in 1895 on the whaler 'Antarctic'.

Borchgrevink persuaded a wealthy British magazine publisher to back his British Antarctic 'Southern Cross' Expedition of 1898-1900. His team constructed the first buildings at Cape Adare, two simple pine kitset huts which incredibly still stand to this day, the only example left of humanity’s first dwelling on any continent.

The team faced huge challenges during their year on the ice, as Cape Adare turned out to be one of the harshest places in the Antarctic. Despite this, they were the first to overwinter on the continent and learned important lessons about travelling in Antarctica. They collected valuable weather readings, setting the baseline for Antarctic climate science and identified an access route onto the Ross Ice Shelf, paving the way for the first journey to the South Pole.

Unfortunately, the return of the 'Southern Cross' to England was overshadowed by the upcoming 'Discovery' expedition of Robert Falcon Scott which had grabbed the British public's attention.

Borchgrevink's pioneering work and contribution to polar exploration was recognised in subsequent years. He embarked on lecture tours in England and Scotland and was eventually made a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. Norway made him a Knight of St. Olaf and then a Knight Daneborg, and he was awarded the Royal Geographic Society's Patron's Medal in 1930.

He died in Oslo in 1934. Antarctic features named for him include the Borchgrevink Coast, Borchgrevink Glacier and Borchgrevink Glacier Tongue, Borchgrevinkisen a glacier in the Sor Rondane Mountains and Borchgrevink Nunatak.

Antarctic Heritage Trust is proud to care for the historic expedition base of Borchegrevink's 'Southern Cross' Expedition at Cape Adare.

📸 Carsten Egeberg Borchgrevink, Canterbury Museum.

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Today is #AntarcticaDay. World Antarctica Day mark Today is #AntarcticaDay. World Antarctica Day marks the date on which the Antarctic Treaty was signed more than 60 years ago in 1959. The Treaty ensures that the entire continent is reserved for peaceful purposes and scientific research and was an unprecedented landmark in political diplomacy.�
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�📸 2014 Emperor Penguins © Aline Leclercq/AHT. Scott's "Terra Nova" hut, 2015/16. © Lizzie Meek/AHT

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🎁 Looking for Christmas gift inspiration with a 🎁 Looking for Christmas gift inspiration with an Antarctic twist? The proceeds from many of these gifts helps support our mission to conserve, share and encourage the spirit of exploration.

Check out our website to purchase! Link in bio....

📖 A Young Man's Antarctic Discovery, Diary of New Zealander Clarence Hare on Captain Scott’s National Antarctic (Discovery) Expedition 1901–1904, by Maureen Lee - FREE SHIPPING! In the “Additional Information” box write “AHT Free Shipping” to claim your discount.

🍷🍾 Scott Base Wines - 20% off on all orders, Scott Base + Allan Scott Family Winemakers + Cecilia + By Josh Scott. Use code Antarctic2024 until end of December

🥃 Shackleton Whisky - Whisky Galore has offered AHT customers 5% discount! Use the code NZAHT

📖 The Worst Journey in the World, Volume One, adapted by Sarah Airriess from the book by Apsley Cherry-Garrard

🎁 Limited Edition SCOTT BASE® T-shirt featuring Captain Robert Falcon Scott’s ‘Terra Nova’ hut

📖 Hillary’s Antarctica - Written by former Trust Executive Director Nigel Watson and beautifully illustrated with photographs by Jane Ussher.

🎁 Gift one of the Antarctic Heritage Trust’s three Antarctic Explorer Membership options: Bronze, Silver and Gold.

📸 Scott Base Wines, Shackleton Whisky, A Young Man’s Antarctic Discovery, The Worst Journey in the World, Scott Base T-shirt, Hillary’s Antarctica, Membership

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The Trust would like to congratulate Young Inspiri The Trust would like to congratulate Young Inspiring Explorers™ alumna, Abby Wilson on successfully presenting her ‘Adopt a Scientist’ research project to her school community last week. 🎓🔍

Under the mentorship of Trust Education Manager, Dr. Gabriela Roldan, who is also a social scientist, Abby delved into Antarctica's heritage conservation. She spent four months exploring the challenges faced by conservators in preserving historic huts, focusing on Shackleton’s ‘Nimrod’ hut and Hillary’s TAE/IGY hut—built 50 years apart. 🏚️❄️

Aged 14, Abby's journey began with her participation in the 2020 Worsley Weekend hosted by the Trust. This ignited her passion for Antarctic conservation, leading her to present her findings on conservation strategies, techniques, tools, and expertise used by cold-climate conservators. 📊🗣️

Dr. Gabriela Roldan commended Abby's dedication, stating, "She is a curious person, driven by a passion for Antarctica and the work our conservators do to preserve this significant heritage. Nurturing the interest of young minds like Abby ensures we're cultivating the next generation of Antarctic heritage conservation leaders." 🌐🔬

📸 Abby Wilson, with her ‘Adopt a Scientist’ research project. © Dr. Gabriela Roldan. Abby Wilson with Trust Collections Conservation Manager, Lizzie Meek, who Abby interviewed as part of her research project. © AHT
❄️📣 Did you know we work with local communi ❄️📣 Did you know we work with local community groups to deliver our Hillary's Antarctic Hut Virtual Reality experience to a range of different organisations?

Last month we delivered the VR to a group from ICOMOS New Zealand  at Te Whare Waiutuutu Kate Sheppard House  in Christchurch as part of a seminar series with Heritage NewZealand Pouhere Taonga for heritage professionals.

Get in touch if you are interested in booking this exciting experience for your group!
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📸 Hillary's Hut Virtual Reality Experience © AHT

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📣 Exciting news! New Virtual Reality... With @ 📣 Exciting news! New Virtual Reality...

With @staples_VR we currently have a team in Antarctica capturing LiDAR and photogrammetry data at Scott’s Terra Nova hut at Cape Evans and Shackleton’s Nimrod hut at Cape Royds. This work is supported through Antarctica New Zealand’s Community Engagement Programme. Thank you to StaplesVR for supplying technical equipment for the digital asset capture. 

We will use this to create virtual reality experiences of the huts over the next (approximately) 5 years as the Trust is able to fundraise to develop them.

If you are keen to help see these projects come to life, you can support the Trust by becoming a Member. See link in bio: AHT Shop

Check out Paddy Gower's story on Newshub for further insight into these incredible projects. Search: How public could explore Antarctica's Scott's Hut in virtual reality thanks to Kiwi ingenuity | Newshub

📸 Scott's Hut, Cape Evans in a storm. © Dr Fiona Shanhun/AHT

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#OnThisDay in 1881 Dr Edward Atkinson, Surgeon and #OnThisDay in 1881 Dr Edward Atkinson, Surgeon and Scientific Staff for Robert Falcon Scott's British Antarctic 'Terra Nova' Expedition 1910-13, was born on Saint Vincent in the Windward Islands in the Carribean.

Atkinson was educated at Forest School, Snaresbrook and later received his medical training at St Thomas’ Hospital in London, graduating in 1906. Before deploying to Antarctica, he worked at the Royal Naval Hospital from 1908. In 1910, Scott formally appointed Atkinson as parasitologist and bacteriologist to the 'Terra Nova' expedition.

During the expedition, Atkinson was heavily involved in depot laying from January to March 1911, as preparation for Scott's south pole attempt. Later that year in November, he accompanied Scott's Polar Party by leading a pony pulling a sledge to the upper Beardmore Glacier depot before returning to the expedition base. During the final year of the 'Terra Nova' expedition, with Scott's Polar Party and the Northern Party having not returned to base, Atkinson was left in command at Cape Evans.

📸 Natural History Museum, London/ Science Photo Library. Photographer, Herbert Ponting.

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#OnThisDay in 1915, the inevitable happened... Sha #OnThisDay in 1915, the inevitable happened... Shackleton's Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition ship 'Endurance' was crushed by surrounding sea ice and sunk below the Weddell Sea after ten months of entrapment.

Shackleton and his crew, having already spent a month camped on the sea ice at 'Ocean Camp', watched as the ice floes opened, and the wreckage of 'Endurance' was swallowed up. Expedition photographer, Frank Hurley, wrote in his diary "We are not sorry to see the last of the wreck....an object of depression for all who turned their eyes in that direction".

Before 'Endurance' sank, the men had prepared for life on the ice and used materials salvaged from the ship to establish ‘Ocean Camp’. This included a makeshift blubber stove for cooking penguin and seal meat, a protective gallery, and a platform to use as a lookout for seals and penguins, complete with a mast to fly the King’s flag.

📸The 'Endurance', Canterbury Museum.

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❄️Massive thanks to Education Officer Bu and t ❄️Massive thanks to Education Officer Bu and the @internationalantarcticcentre for once again hosting us as part of the Young Inspiring Explorers™ Summit at the weekend.

Highlights for the Young Inspiring Explorers™ included riding in the Hägglunds, visiting the penguins and seeing what it would be like in an Antarctic storm in the @internationalantarcticcentre incredible storm room! They particularly enjoyed an informative and interactive experience with the huskies which had them buzzing with excitement all the way to the airport at the end of the weekend.

Thank you also to our sponsor the @usembassynz whose generous support makes the Summit possible.

If this experience sounds like something a Year 7-9 person in your life might enjoy, keep your eye on our socials for the next one coming up in next year!

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��Thank you to our sponsor the @usembassynz whose generous support makes the Summit possible. Thanks also to our supporters @williampikechallengeaward @internationalantarcticcentre and @antarcticanewzealand @royalsocietynz

📸 Young Inspiring Explorers™ outside the International Antarctic Centre, riding in the Hägglunds, spending time with the huskies, inside the Antarctic storm room © AHT
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