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The Explorer August 2025

The Explorer Newsletter August 2025
August 29, 2025/by Brittany Fox

New Zealand Huts Pilot Programme a Success

The Trust in partnership with Backcountry Trust, successfully piloted a new initiative connecting young Kiwis with conservation work.
August 29, 2025/by Brittany Fox

Explorer Conference debuts in Christchurch

The Trust’s Explorer Conference held in Christchurch for the first time inspires students to ignite their Explorer Mindset.
August 29, 2025/by Brittany Fox

Trust Joins Antarctic Treaty Meeting

The Trust attended the Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting, connecting with global partners.
August 29, 2025/by Brittany Fox

Historic Antarctic Tent Gets Special Treatment

Specialist conservators are carefully preserving the Ross Sea Party tent, protecting its story for the future.
August 29, 2025/by Brittany Fox

The Trust Welcomes Maioha Tawa as a New Governance Intern

Antarctic Heritage Trust Board is pleased to announce the appointment of Maioha Tawa as a new governance intern.
August 29, 2025/by Brittany Fox

Antarctica Lands in the UK

New Zealand Antarctic Heritage Trust and the UK Antarctic Heritage Trust came together to bring two immersive virtual reality experiences to audiences across the UK.
August 29, 2025/by Brittany Fox

Alumni News August 2025

A round up of the Trust's Alumni News from our August 2025 Explorer newsletter.
August 29, 2025/by Brittany Fox

Reflecting on 10 Years of the Inspiring Explorers™ Programme

The Trust celebrates 10 years of Inspiring Explorers™, connecting young people with Antarctic exploration and heritage programmes.
August 29, 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

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.
December 20, 2024/by Mark Sanders

A Legacy of Innovation: Farewell to Chair Mark Stewart

The Antarctic Heritage Trust extends its deepest gratitude to outgoing Chair Datuk Mark Stewart PJN (Kehormat), MNZM, whose leadership has been critical in broadening the Trust’s mission over the past twelve years.
December 20, 2024/by Mark Sanders

Another Honour For Our Trust Chair

Sir Jerry Mateparae has received University of Waikato’s most prestigious award, an Honorary Doctorate, acknowledging what was described as his unparalleled service to his country.
December 20, 2024/by Mark Sanders

Antarctica Helps Us Understand The World

Antarctic Heritage Trust Chair Sir Jerry Mateparae views the icy continent the same way he views the world.
“It’s a place where there is so much to learn about our history and science, for today and tomorrow,” he says.
December 20, 2024/by Mark Sanders

2024-25 On-Ice Conservation Updates

Members of the Trust’s 2024-25 On-Ice Conservation team touched down on Ross Island in late November. Since then, they have undertaken work tasks on historic explorer bases at Scott Base, Hut Point, and most recently, Cape Royds.
December 20, 2024/by Mark Sanders

Alumni News December 2024

A round up of Antarctic Heritage Trust Alumni News from our December 2024 Explorer newsletter.
December 20, 2024/by Mark Sanders

Conservation Plans Enter New Phase

The Ross Sea Heritage Restoration Project (RSHRP), the world’s largest and longest-running cold climate conservation programme, has been running for over 21 years.
December 20, 2024/by Mark Sanders

The Explorer December 2024

The Explorer Newsletter December 2024
December 20, 2024/by Mark Sanders

Eight young explorers chosen to embark on trip of a lifetime

The Antarctic Heritage Trust has announced the eight young explorers who will walk in the footsteps of Scott and Shackleton and experience the Antarctic landscapes that challenged and inspired them.
November 28, 2024/by Mark Sanders

Ross Sea Party Tent Conservation Journey Begins

The Ross Sea Party tent, an invaluable artefact from Sir Ernest Shackleton’s Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition 1914-17, is under scrutiny as three specialist conservators develop the most appropriate processes to conserve it.
November 1, 2024/by Mark Sanders

Annual Report 2023-2024

October 31, 2024/by Mark Sanders

The Explorer September 2024

The Explorer Newsletter September 2024
September 27, 2024/by Mark Sanders

Alumni News September 2024

A round up of Antarctic Heritage Trust Alumni News from our September 2024 Explorer newsletter.
September 27, 2024/by Mark Sanders

Inspiring Young Explorers

In the first half of 2024, the Trust hosted two significant Inspiring Explorers™ programme events: our sixth Young Inspiring Explorers™ Summit, held in April, and our third Explorer Conference, held in June.
September 27, 2024/by Mark Sanders

‘Icy Heritage’ Update

The Trust’s digital image database, 'Icy Heritage', has made an impressive impact since its launch in October 2023. With over 5,000 unique visitors from 114 countries, it has become a global window into Antarctica’s rich heritage, our ongoing conservation efforts, and our mission to inspire the next generation of explorers.
September 27, 2024/by Mark Sanders

2024-25 Conservation Season

During the upcoming summer conservation season the Trust will have teams working in three areas of Antarctica: at Cape Adare, on Ross Island, and on the Antarctic Peninsula, working with our sister trust, UKAHT.
September 27, 2024/by Mark Sanders

Al Fastier Retires

After an incredible 18 years leading the Trust’s Ross Sea Heritage Restoration Project to the highest heritage and environmental standards, Programme Manager Al Fastier has retired.
September 27, 2024/by Mark Sanders

Wanted: Young Explorers to Join Antarctic Expedition

The Antarctic Heritage Trust, in collaboration with Auckland-based virtual reality tech company StaplesVR, is launching the first-ever educational virtual reality experience of Captain Robert Falcon Scott’s Discovery Hut and is bringing it to schools and communities across Aotearoa.
September 3, 2024/by Anna Clare

‘Cutting-edge Technology’ Showcases Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration

The Antarctic Heritage Trust, in collaboration with Auckland-based virtual reality tech company StaplesVR, is launching the first-ever educational virtual reality experience of Captain Robert Falcon Scott’s Discovery Hut and is bringing it to schools and communities across Aotearoa.
August 15, 2024/by Mark Sanders

Inspiring Explorers Expedition™ 2025

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.
May 30, 2024/by Mark Sanders

Alumni News May 2024

A round up of Antarctic Heritage Trust Alumni News from our May 2024 Explorer newsletter.
May 30, 2024/by Mark Sanders

Design Team Members Honoured

Pip Cheshire and Julian Bickersteth, members of the Trust’s Conservation Design Team, have both received high honours.
May 30, 2024/by Mark Sanders

Education Programme Update

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.
May 30, 2024/by Mark Sanders

Conservation Collaboration

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.
May 30, 2024/by Mark Sanders

2023/24 Summer Conservation Season – Ross Island

The Trust’s On-Ice Conservation team spent thirteen weeks in Antarctica this season, from early November until late January, undertaking an intensive digital data capture project, followed by the annual conservation programme at the historic Ross Island explorer bases of Captain Robert Falcon Scott, Sir Ernest Shackleton, and Sir Edmund Hillary.
May 30, 2024/by Mark Sanders

The Explorer May 2024

The Explorer Newsletter May 2024
May 30, 2024/by Mark Sanders

Expedition Blog – Lawrence Rothwell, South Georgia 2023

In this blog, Inspiring Explorer Lawrence Rothwell shares his experience on the Trust's Inspiring Explorers Expedition™ South Georgia 2023.
December 21, 2023/by Anna Clare

The Explorer December 2023

The Explorer Newsletter December 2023
December 15, 2023/by Mark Sanders

Encouraging the Next Generation of Antarctic Conservators

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.
December 14, 2023/by Mark Sanders

Icy Fun and Learning at Summit

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.
December 14, 2023/by Mark Sanders

Connections Create Life-changing Experience in South Georgia

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.
December 14, 2023/by Mark Sanders

Alumni News December 2023

A round up of Alumni News from our April 2023 Explorer newsletter.
December 14, 2023/by Mark Sanders

2023/24 Conservation Season

December 14, 2023/by Mark Sanders

Annual Report 2022-2023

December 1, 2023/by Mark Sanders

The Explorer September 2023

The Explorer Newsletter September 2023
September 25, 2023/by Mark Sanders

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