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South Georgia Expedition Outreach

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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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Conservation Collaboration

May 30, 2024 - , ,

The Trust’s conservation team had a successful season working collaboratively alongside our partner UK Antarctic Heritage Trust (UKAHT), with significant strides made in conserving and maintaining two of their historic sites on the Antarctic Peninsula. Al Fastier, Trust Conservation Advisor, and Lizzie Meek, Trust Collections Conservation Manager, played pivotal roles in this endeavour, contributing their expertise to various projects aimed at safeguarding Antarctic heritage.

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Design Team Members Honoured

May 30, 2024 - , ,

Pip Cheshire and Julian Bickersteth, members of the Trust’s Conservation Design Team, have both received high honours.

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Education Programme Update

May 30, 2024 - , ,

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.

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Unveiling ‘Icy Heritage’

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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

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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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