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Callout for Kiwis to join expedition aboard historic tall ship

New Zealand Antarctic Heritage Trust (NZAHT) and UK Antarctic Heritage Trust (UKAHT) toured England and Scotland for the first time with two exciting immersive virtual reality (VR) experiences that use cutting-edge digital technologies to transform how the British public can learn about Antarctica’s rich history of science and exploration.

August 8, 2025/by Brittany Fox

Success for Remote Conservation Project

An ambitious project in a particularly challenging environment has succeeded thanks to the long-term partnership between two organisations on opposite sides of the globe.

June 26, 2025/by Brittany Fox

Explorers Inspire Christchurch Students

Antarctic Heritage Trust’s first Christchurch Explorer Conference brought together 85 Year 12 students at Te Pae to hear from inspiring speakers and embrace the challenge: step outside your comfort zone.

June 26, 2025/by Brittany Fox

Expedition Blog – Calum Turner, Ross Sea 2025

In this blog, Inspiring Explorer Calum Turner shares his experience on the Trust's Inspiring Explorers Expedition™ Ross Sea 2025.

June 6, 2025/by Brittany Fox

Expedition Blog – Maia Ingoe, Ross Sea 2025

In this blog, Inspiring Explorer Maia Ingo shares her experience on the Trust's Inspiring Explorers Expedition™ Ross Sea 2025.

May 30, 2025/by Brittany Fox

Expedition Blog – Lucy Hayes-Stevenson, Ross Sea 2025

In this blog, Inspiring Explorer Lucy Hayes-Stevenson shares her experience on the Trust's Inspiring Explorers Expedition™ Ross Sea 2025.

May 23, 2025/by Brittany Fox

Expedition Blog – Jake Bailey, Ross Sea 2025

In this blog, Inspiring Explorer Jake Bailey shares his experience on the Trust's Inspiring Explorers Expedition™ Ross Sea 2025.

May 9, 2025/by Brittany Fox

Immersive Antarctica: Virtual reality tour brings Antarctic exploration to the UK

New Zealand Antarctic Heritage Trust (NZAHT) and UK Antarctic Heritage Trust (UKAHT) toured England and Scotland for the first time with two exciting immersive virtual reality (VR) experiences that use cutting-edge digital technologies to transform how the British public can learn about Antarctica’s rich history of science and exploration.

May 8, 2025/by Brittany Fox

Expedition Blog – Ngawai Clendon, Ross Sea 2025

In this blog, Inspiring Explorer Ngawai Clendon shares her experience on the Trust's Inspiring Explorers Expedition™ Ross Sea 2025.

April 28, 2025/by Brittany Fox

The Explorer April 2025

The Explorer Newsletter April 2025

April 17, 2025/by Comms

Alumni News April 2025

A round up of Antarctic Heritage Trust Alumni News from our April 2025 Explorer newsletter.

April 7, 2025/by Comms

Filming In Famous Footsteps

A Supporter Story by Natalie Hewit - ‘Endurance’ film maker, who was invited to document the search for Shackleton's ship Endurance for a feature documentary for National Geographic.

April 7, 2025/by Comms

Staff Updates

The Trust is delighted to announce three new staff appointments.

April 7, 2025/by Comms

Travel Across the Atlantic

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.

April 7, 2025/by Comms

Historic Instruments Donated

Historic geomagnetic instruments which began to measure the Earth’s magnetic field from Antarctica in the 1950s have been donated to the Trust by GNS Science.

April 7, 2025/by Comms

Virtual Visits to Antarctica

The Trusts have a long history of successful partnership, helping each other to undertake cold-climate heritage conservation work in one of the world’s most extreme environments.

April 7, 2025/by Comms

Expanded Protection for New Zealand’s First Buildings in Antarctica

Two more original buildings at New Zealand’s Scott Base have gained the highest level of protection and will be cared for by the Trust.

April 7, 2025/by Brittany Fox

Antarctic Honours

Al’s work to save the historic huts was acknowledged in the New Year Honours list, when he and polar photographer Colin Monteath were each awarded the New Zealand Antarctic Medal.

April 7, 2025/by Brittany Fox

Blaiklock Island

Our colleagues at the UK Antarctic Heritage Trust have completed one of their most ambitious conservation projects yet, at Blaiklock Island Refuge – a hut frozen in time in Marguerite Bay on the Antarctic Peninsula.

April 7, 2025/by Brittany Fox

Summer Conservation Season

The Trust’s team began with conservation tasks in Hillary’s TAE/IGY hut and conservation treatment of artefacts while at New Zealand’s Scott Base, before deploying to Shackleton’s hut at Cape Royds.

April 7, 2025/by Brittany Fox

Historic Artefact Returns Home

The eight young explorers were tasked with returning a classic book to the icy continent and hoped conditions would permit them to get to the base where heroic era explorers had read it, Scott’s Discovery hut at Hut Point on Ross Island.

April 7, 2025/by Brittany Fox

Next Generation Step Inside Explorer Bases

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.

April 7, 2025/by Brittany Fox

Generator Talent Partnership – Developing Leaders with an Explorer’s Mindset

An innovative partnership between Antarctic Heritage Trust and Executive Development firm Generator Talent is transforming corporate leadership development by harnessing the inspirational legacy of Antarctic exploration’s heroic age.