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Into Ocean & Ice: Inspiring Explorers™ Share Antarctic Legacy

December 20, 2024 - , , , ,

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.

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Travel Across the Atlantic

April 7, 2025 - , , ,

Across the Atlantic is directed by Te Aroha Devon, one of 22 young explorers on the expedition with climber Sam West and data scientist Jenny Sahng, who are featured in the film. The expedition honoured the centenary of Sir Ernest Shackleton’s final expedition, the Quest, which journeyed to South Georgia and marked the end of the heroic-era of Antarctic exploration.

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Next Generation Step Inside Explorer Bases

April 7, 2025 - , , ,

This was the first time the Trust has taken young explorers to experience the legendary Antarctic explorers’ bases and understand the Trust’s conservation of them.

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Connections Create Life-changing Experience in South Georgia

December 14, 2023 - , , , , , ,

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.

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South Georgia Expedition Outreach

May 30, 2024 - , , , , , ,

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.

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Inspiring Explorers Expedition™ 2025

May 30, 2024 - , , ,

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.

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Icy Fun and Learning at Summit

December 14, 2023 - , , ,

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.

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‘Polheim’ World Premiere Announced

January 30, 2024 - , , , , , , ,

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

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Encouraging the Next Generation of Antarctic Conservators

December 14, 2023 - , , , , ,

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.

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