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Archive for category: Conserve

Virtual Reality Allows Immersive Access in Antarctica

May 8, 2019 - Hillary's Hut, Media Releases, News Story
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Prime Minister Launches ‘Hillary’s Antarctica’

November 1, 2018 - Hillary's Hut, News Story

The Trust was honoured to have New Zealand Prime Minister Rt Hon Jacinda Ardern launch a new book, ‘Hillary’s Antarctica’, at an event in the New Zealand Parliament Grand Hall in late October.

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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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Raising the Roof

March 27, 2018 - Antarctic Blog, Hillary's Hut, News Story

Antarctic Heritage Trust has finished the last major job of saving Sir Edmund Hillary’s hut at Scott Base – installing a new roof.

The Trust raised nearly a million dollars to save the hut, also known as the TAE/IGY Hut, which was built by a team under Sir Ed’s leadership in 1957 just before his famous dash to the South Pole.

While working to conserve Hillary’s (TAE) Hut in 2016, the need for a weather-tight long-term roofing solution was identified.

Programme Manager Al Fastier says the Trust wanted the roofing solution to last a minimum of 35 years but more likely 50 to 100 years. A plan was then developed to overclad the historic roof, meaning the original roof remained intact.

A key feature of the newly restored hut is the painted aluminium roof, complete with new battens painted in the original bright orange.

“It gives it a real point of difference,” says Fastier, a long time visitor to the ice.

Assembling the battens for the roofAntarctic Heritage Trust

Assembling the battens for the roof

For specialist Standing Seam roofer, Mike Burgess, the conditions provided a job unlike anything he had ever tackled.

“I’ve never been that cold,” says Burgess, who had to race indoors on the odd occasion to regain feeling in his hands.

The project manager for Architectural Metalformers is used to working through complicated roofing projects in rural, commercial and urban environments – less so in the world’s harshest environment.

“The opportunity to waterproof such an important New Zealand building with our product, while endeavouring to make it visually similar to the original aesthetic could not be passed up, regardless of the weather complexities,” Burgess says.

Not one to opt out of a challenge, Burgess combined his more than 20 years in the business, with further research, to come up with the robust long term waterproof roofing solution.

The Trust acknowledges, Architectural Metalformers, Pacific Coilcoaters, Sika NZ, Nexus Foams and Dulux New Zealand for their donated products and technical assistance.

Chris Ansin, Al Fastier and Geoff Cooper taking a break on the roof of the hut.Antarctic Heritage Trust

Chris Ansin, Al Fastier and Geoff Cooper taking a break on the roof of the hut.

Antarctic Programme Manager Al Fastier working on the roofAntarctic Heritage Trust

Antarctic Programme Manager Al Fastier working on the roof

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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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Final Touches go on Sir Ed’s Antarctic Hut

December 19, 2017 - Hillary's Hut, Media Releases, News Story

The Trust raised nearly a million dollars to save the hut, also known as the TAE/IGY Hut, which was built by a team under Sir Ed’s leadership in 1957 just before his famous dash to the South Pole. The fundraising campaign included a 2012-kilometre tractor journey from Piha Beach to Mount Cook, collecting donations on the way.

Hillary's hut

Assembling the battens for the roof

The team are now thrilled to have completed conservation work on an iconic piece of Kiwi history.

New Zealand Antarctic Heritage Trust programme manager Al Fastier says it’s been a long and successful road to save the hut and conserve the hundreds of artefacts within it.

“As a historic site, its significance is that it’s the birthplace of New Zealand’s presence in Antarctica and the link to Sir Ed’s famous tractor trip to the South Pole.”

Antarctic Programme Manager Al Fastier working on the roofAntarctic Heritage Trust

Antarctic Programme Manager Al Fastier working on the roof

New Zealand Antarctic Heritage Trust programme manager Al Fastier says it’s been a long and successful road to save the hut and conserve the hundreds of artefacts within it.

“As a historic site, its significance is that it’s the birthplace of New Zealand’s presence in Antarctica and the link to Sir Ed’s famous tractor trip to the South Pole.”

While working to conserve Hillary’s Hut last season, the need for a weather-tight long-term roofing solution was identified.

Fastier says the Trust wanted the roofing solution to last a minimum of 35 years but more likely 50 to 100 years. A plan was then developed to overclad the historic roof, meaning the original roof remained intact.

Antarctic Youth Ambassador Chris Ansin working on the hut roofAntarctic Heritage Trust

Antarctic Youth Ambassador Chris Ansin working on the hut roof

A key feature of the newly restored hut is the painted aluminium roof, complete with new battens painted in the original bright orange.

“It gives it a real point of difference,” says Fastier, a long time visitor to the ice.

For Fastier, there was an even greater connection to the restoration effort, New Zealand and Hillary, given he slept in the hut on his first trip to the ice in 1987.

Chris Ansin, Al Fastier and Geoff Cooper taking a break on the roof of the hut.Antarctic Heritage Trust

Chris Ansin, Al Fastier and Geoff Cooper taking a break on the roof of the hut.

As if the project itself did not provide enough of a challenge, the team had to work around extreme weather systems that included snow and wind storms.

Temperatures averaged -8 to 15 degrees Celsius during the project, with a few -25 and -30 degree Celsius days thrown into the mix.

For specialist Standing Seam roofer, Mike Burgess, the conditions provided a job unlike anything he had ever tackled.

“I’ve never been that cold,” says Burgess, who had to race indoors on the odd occasion to regain feeling in his hands.

The project manager for Architectural Metalformers is used to working through complicated roofing projects in rural, commercial and urban environments in and around Auckland – and less so in the world’s harshest environment.

When he was granted the opportunity to join the conservation effort, Burgess did not hesitate to accept.

“The opportunity to waterproof such an important New Zealand building with our product, while endeavouring to make it visually similar to the original aesthetic could not be passed up, regardless of the weather complexities,” Burgess says.

Not one to opt out of a challenge, Burgess combined his more than 20 years in the business, with further research, to come up with the robust long term waterproof roofing solution.

Burgess and Architectural Metalformers offered their time free of charge.

Having now returned from the ice, Burgess remains under the Antarctic spell.

“It’s been an experience that I will never forget, images and my words certainly don’t do it justice” he says.

“The scale, beauty and the history of the Antarctic – I’ve been bitten by the bug.”

Burgess and the Trust would also like to thank Pacific Coilcoaters, Sika NZ and Nexus Foams for their donated products and technical assistance.

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Century-old Fruitcake

August 10, 2017 - Borchgrevink's Hut, Famous Discoveries, Media Releases, News Story

Antarctic Heritage Trust conservators found a 100 year old fruit cake among the artefacts from Cape Adare.

Made by Huntley & Palmers, the fruit cake is still wrapped in paper and encased in the remains of a tin-plated iron alloy tin. The cake probably dates to the Cape Adare-based Northern Party of Scott’s Terra Nova expedition (1910 – 1913) as it has been documented that Scott took this particular brand of cake with him at that time. Although the tin was in poor condition, the cake itself looked and smelt (almost) edible.

Fruit cake after conservation treatment.Antarctic Heritage Trust

Fruit cake after conservation treatment.

Conservation treatment involved rust removal, chemical stabilisation and coating of the tin remnants. Deacidification of the tin label and some physical repair to the torn paper wrapper and tin label was also carried out. The cake itself was in excellent condition. Programme Manager-Artefacts Lizzie Meek said “With just two weeks to go on the conservation of the Cape Adare artefacts, finding such a perfectly preserved fruitcake in amongst the last handful of unidentified and severely corroded tins was quite a surprise. It’s an ideal high-energy food for Antarctic conditions, and is still a favourite item on modern trips to the Ice.”

Huntley and Palmer's fruit cake in wrapper.Antarctic Heritage Trust

Huntley and Palmer’s fruit cake in wrapper.

Fruit cake found at Cape Adare thought to be from Scott's Northern Party (1911).Antarctic Heritage Trust

Fruit cake found at Cape Adare thought to be from Scott’s Northern Party (1911).

Since May 2016, a team of four conservators have been working in the Canterbury Museum lab on the conservation of Antarctic artefacts from Cape Adare. The team recently finished the large project in July this year, conserving almost 1500 artefacts. The Trust is now planning to begin the conservation work on the buildings at Cape Adare. The huts were built by Norwegian Carsten Borchgrevink’s expedition in 1899 and later used by Captain Scott’s party in 1911. The buildings were the first in Antarctica and are the only examples left of humanity’s first building on any continent. The permit the Trust was granted to collect the artefacts stipulates that all of the items must be returned to the site following conservation, in accordance with the site’s status as an Antarctic Specially Protected Area (ASPA). This will happen once the huts themselves have been restored. The Trust is very grateful for the support it receives from its funders, Norwegian Government, Canterbury Museum for its facilities and logistical support from Antarctica New Zealand to get the artefacts out of and back to Cape Adare. Check out the Huntley and Palmers online archive.

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Dr Edward Wilson Watercolour

June 12, 2017 - Borchgrevink's Hut, Famous Discoveries, Media Releases, News Story

 

New Zealand Antarctic Heritage Trust has discovered an almost perfectly preserved 118 year old watercolour painting among penguin-excrement, dust and mould covered papers found in an historic hut at Cape Adare, Antarctica.

 

Canterbury Museum

The water colour was painted by Dr Edward Wilson who died with Captain Robert Falcon Scott and three others on their return from the South Pole in 1912.

 

Dr Edward WilsonCanterbury Museum

Dr Edward Wilson

“I opened it and there was this gorgeous painting… I got such a fright that I jumped and shut the portfolio again. I then took the painting out and couldn’t stop looking at it – the colours, the vibrancy, it is such a beautiful piece of work. I couldn’t believe it was there.” The painting is labelled ‘1899 Tree Creeper’ and has the initial ‘T’ on it. It depicts a Tree Creeper bird specimen. The discovery was made in September 2016, but has been kept confidential until now to enable the team to focus on restoring all of the 1,500 artefacts from Cape Adare.

 

Antarctic Heritage Trust

 

Antarctic Heritage Trust

The Trust’s Programme Manager – Artefact Conservation, Lizzie Meek says it wasn’t immediately clear who the artist was given that two expeditions had based themselves at Cape Adare. “The Cape Adare huts were built by Norwegian Carsten Borchgrevink’s expedition in 1899 and later used by Captain Scott’s party in 1911. We knew the artist was likely to be among the men on those expeditions,” says Lizzie.

 

Borchgrevink’s hut at Cape Adare is built amongst a colony of over 400,000 breeding pairs of Adelie penguins.Antarctic Heritage Trust

Borchgrevink’s hut at Cape Adare is built amongst a colony of over 400,000 breeding pairs of Adelie penguins.

As the Trust was working to identify the artist, Josefin attended a lecture at Canterbury University on Dr Wilson. “The presenter showed some of Dr Wilson’s artwork… as soon as I saw his distinctive handwriting, I knew he had painted the Tree Creeper. This made sense as there was also a 1911 newspaper article from the Lyttelton Times in the papers and Scott’s party went to Antarctica via New Zealand.”

 

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Lizzie Meek says Dr Wilson was a remarkable man. “He was not only a talented painter, but a scientist and a medical doctor who was an integral member of both of Scott’s expeditions to the Ice.” Josefin is not surprised the painting survived in such excellent condition. “Water colour paintings are particularly susceptible to light so the fact this work has spent more than a hundred years tightly packed between other sheets of paper in completely dark and cold conditions is actually an ideal way to store it.” Lizzie Meek says how the painting came to be in the hut is still something of a mystery. “It’s likely that Wilson painted it while he was recovering from tuberculosis in Europe. Clearly, he could have taken the painting to Antarctica on either of Scott’s expeditions but we think it’s more likely the artwork travelled with him in 1911, and somehow made its way from Cape Evans to Cape Adare.”

 

Antarctic Heritage Trust

The permit the Trust was granted to collect the artefacts stipulates that all of the items must be returned to the site following conservation, in accordance with the site’s status as an Antarctic Specially Protected Area (ASPA). This will happen once the huts themselves have been restored. The Trust’s General Manager Operations and Communications, Francesca Eathorne says finding the painting is a poignant reminder of the inspiring legacy the early polar explorers left behind. “More than a century later we are still sharing stories about those expeditions. We’ve been able to create a high quality facsimile of the painting so we are now looking forward to sharing it with the rest of the world. We are in no doubt this will attract global interest – particularly from our friends in the UK.” Visit Cheltenham’s art gallery and museum The Wilson: www.cheltenhammuseum.org.uk

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Hillary’s Hut Wins Award

May 12, 2017 - Hillary's Hut, Media Releases

We are delighted to have won the International category of the 31st annual Dulux Colour Awards for Hillary’s Hut. Sixty years on from when Hillary’s (TAE/IGY) Hut was the first building at New Zealand’s Scott Base, its retro colours are again shining bright… In the whitest white of an Antarctic snow storm, finding shelter fast can be the difference between life and death. In 1957, the intense orange and yellow of Sir Edmund Hillary’s Hut at New Zealand’s Scott Base was a beacon to those caught out by the weather.

Hillary's hut

Hillary’s hut

Hillary’s Hut, also known as the TAE/IGY Hut, was the first building erected at Scott Base. It was only recently returned to those original colours and last night won the International category ofthe 31st annual Dulux Colour Awards in Melbourne. Antarctic Heritage Trust Executive Director Nigel Watson says they’re delighted. “The award celebrates an iconic site and is recognition of the extreme lengths we went to, with Dulux, to recreate the original paintwork. This started with the careful stripping of the outer paint layers to reveal the original Berger colours and then working with Dulux to create an exact match.” The Trust’s team had the honour of naming the exterior colours mixed to match the originals:

  • Pram Point –the yellow is named after the geographic location of Scott Base
  • Sno-cat –after the orange tracked vehicles used on the Trans-Antarctic Expedition

The painting was undertaken as part of the Antarctic Heritage Trust’s conservation of Hillary’s Hut. Almost 600 artefacts were also conserved with the work completed in time for Scott Base’s 60th anniversary in January of this year.The Trust’s Programme Manager Al Fastier says the restoration was an enormous undertaking. “Painting in sub-zero conditions was a major challenge, with wind chill or storm conditions often making it impossible to work outside. With persistence and cold fingers, the team achieved a remarkable transformation -even using brushes rather than rollers to replicate a 1950’s finish.” Sir Edmund Hillary led the establishment of Scott Base and ‘wintered over’ in the hut as part of New Zealand’s involvement with the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition and the International Geophysical Year. The hut was repainted green, along with the rest of Scott Base, in 1965/66. Nigel Watson says returning Hillary’s Hut to its original retro colours not only reflects its history, it makes a visible statement. “The bright, retro colours mean Hillary’s Hut stands out among the almost exclusively modern, green-painted buildings of Scott Base, drawing attention to its unique standing as the birthplace of Scott Base”. In addition to the exterior, the five main spaces inside the hut –mess room, radio room, Sir Ed’s room, the kitchen and cold porch –were all repainted in a multitude of colours, as specified on the original architectural plans. The Dulux Colour Awards are Australasia’s premier showcase of inspirational colour application in built environments

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Saving Hillary’s Hut

March 19, 2017 - Hillary's Hut, Media Releases

On Friday 20 January 2017 the residents of New Zealand’s Scott Base celebrated the base’s 60 year anniversary by taking a tour through the recently restored Hillary’s (TAE/IGY) Hut.

Antarctic Heritage Trust’s team of 12 worked more than 5700 hours on the major conservation of the building over the summer season. The work started in November 2016 following a successful fundraising campaign to save the site, the legacy of the Commonwealth Trans- Antarctic Expedition (1956-1958).

A stunning photo taken by renowned New Zealand photographer Jane Ussher following the completion of the TAE Hut restoration.Jane Ussher

A stunning photo taken by renowned New Zealand photographer Jane Ussher following the completion of the TAE Hut restoration.

The New Zealand Government and Antarctica New Zealand asked the Trust to take on the care and conservation of the hut, including raising funds for its restoration and long term maintenance.

“It’s an iconic slice both of polar and Kiwi history that could have been lost. Now, thanks to our many supporters from around the world it will be there to inspire future generations to explore and push their boundaries like Sir Ed did,” says the Trust’s Executive Director Nigel Watson.

Extensive planning and research was undertaken by the Trust in preparation for the conservation work. Originally designed to last only twenty years, after sixty years the building had a number of issues including deteriorating asbestos wall and ceiling linings, a leaking roof, snow ingress, and melt water under the foundations.

Care was taken to retain and reinstate original building materials after the asbestos was removed. Where new material was essential, modern material was chosen that was as close as possible to the original finish and appearance.

The 1980’s pitched roof addition was removed and the original flat roof structure was reinstated. Exterior vents and flues were repaired and replaced. The Trust worked closely with Dulux New Zealand to match original TAE-era paint samples and colour swatches, before repainting the exterior and interior of the building in the bold shades of the 1950s.

View the restoration gallery.

Hillary's Hut featuring its original colours, renamed by the Trust as 'Pram Point (yellow) and 'Sno-cat' (orange).Antarctic Heritage Trust

Hillary’s Hut featuring its original colours, renamed by the Trust as ‘Pram Point (yellow) and ‘Sno-cat’ (orange).

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Captain Robert Falcon Scott’s hut at Cape Evans Captain Robert Falcon Scott’s hut at Cape Evans is the iconic base associated with the British Antarctic (Terra Nova) Expedition 1910–1913 and his second, famed but ill-fated attempt to reach the Geographic South Pole.

Explore these images and thousands more in our new digital image archive, ‘Icy Heritage.’ (link in our bio)

During the 1910-1913 expedition, this hut served as a base for scientific research, exploration, and strategic planning for Scott's journey to the South Pole. From sleep quarters to scientific labs, it was home to inspiring explorers pushing the boundaries of human discovery.

Antarctic Heritage Trust carried out a major carpentry and artefact conservation programme on Scott's ‘Terra Nova’ hut from 2007–2012 as part of the Ross Sea Heritage Restoration Project. From 2013 onwards the project shifted focus to monitoring and maintenance to safeguard the building and collection of over 11,500 artefacts from deterioration in the extreme Antarctic environment. 

The Trust is committed to ensuring this important cultural heritage and the legacy of the explorers associated with it continues to inspire for generations to come.

The ‘Icy Heritage’ Digital Collection is a publically accessible portal containing over 10,000 mostly never-seen-before images from the Trust’s wider collection and showcases the Trust’s mission to conserve, share and encourage the spirit of exploration.

📸 Scott's Terra Nova hut, Cape Evans, Summer 2017-18, ©AHT/Geoff Cooper. Looking West through the Wardroom towards the Cold Porch entrance, Summer 2017-18, ©AHT/Chris Ansin. Galley area, Summer 2017-18, ©AHT/Chris Ansin. Biology area bunks, Summer 2017-18, ©AHT/Diana McCormack. The meteorological bench in the Physical Laboratory, Winter 2012, ©AHT/Stefan Strittmatter. Various scientific artefacts on the Biology area work bench, Summer 2017-18, ©AHT/Chris Ansin. Enamelware and other artefacts on bulkhead shelving, Summer 2018-19, ©AHT/Lizzie Meek.
�#OnThisDay in 1936, Norwegian Naval officer and �#OnThisDay in 1936, Norwegian Naval officer and polar explorer Oscar Adolf Wisting died alone in his old cabin of the 'Fram' during work at the Fram Museum. He had dedicated much of his time in the later years of his life to the preservation of the 'Fram' and was said to have "loved the ship as his child, and as such he treated it also".

�One of Roald Amundsen's most trusted and faithful companions, Wisting and Amundsen worked together for 16 years. They were the first people to reach both Poles - the South Pole on 14 December 1911 with the 'Fram' Expedition, and the North Pole on the airship 'Norge' on 12 May 1926. Wisting also served as chief officer on board the 'Maud' in Amundsen's attempt to traverse the Northeast passage from 1918-1925.

�Wisting was appointed Knight 1st Class of the Order of St. Olav and Commander 1st Class in 1926. He was also awarded the South Pole Medal, the Royal Norwegian award for participants of Amundsen's South Pole expedition.

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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.

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📖 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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