Online Database Update

The project to transition the Trust’s current image assets to an online database called Recollect is progressing well. Over the last five months the Trust’s team of four specialists have processed an incredible 45,000 images from the Trust’s archives. Digital Technician

Mark Sanders reflects, “Working on the images from the various conservation seasons and getting to see each team member’s perspective of their time at the expedition bases, gives you a real sense of the often-challenging journey they’re on, and huge appreciation for just how difficult it must have been for the Heroic Age explorers. The stories are nothing short of inspiring, and it has helped me gain a wider understanding of the role our project, and that of the Trust, can play in encouraging the spirit of exploration in future generations by sharing these stories.”

Work is poised to start on the development of a public website portal that will make an extensive collection of images available to all. We are grateful for the support of the New Zealand Lotteries Grants Board for their match funding of the project.