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About the Inspiring Explorers Fund™

Grow the Next Generation of Explorers

Over the years, supporters like you have helped us care for the Antarctic bases left by the legendary global figures of Sir Ernest Shackleton, Sir Edmund Hillary and Captain Robert Falcon Scott.

The early explorers’ stories and journeys are iconic. Whether they ended in success or failure, fame or obscurity they were incredible. What binds those early explorers is a shared and common trait – a desire to head into the unknown; an explorer’s mindset.

Exploration embodies curiosity, allows us to embrace uncertainty and develop resilience. These qualities are more critical in today’s world than ever before and will be crucial in shaping our shared future.

2025 Ross Sea Inspiring Explorer Kitiona at Nimrod Hut.
Inspiring Explorer Kitiona. © AHT/Anna Clare

“As I stepped through the door I got a nostalgic vibe, like they are still here, not visibly, but you can feel them.”

You can grow explorers…

By making a gift to the Inspiring Explorers™ Fund, you can support young explorers like Kitiona, who stepped foot on snow for the very first time during the 2025 Inspiring Explorers Expedition™ Ross Sea.

Your gift can help young explorers push outside their comfort zone, giving them experiences that they never imagined through the Inspiring Explorers™ programme.

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No other programme in the world draws on the rich heritage of polar explorers as a source of inspiration. The Inspiring Explorers™ programme draws heavily on the explorer qualities of curiosity, resilience, leadership, innovation, and team work, encouraging young people to engage with the spirit of exploration and grow an explorer mindset. It includes our Inspiring Explorers Expeditions™, Young Inspiring Explorers™ and the Inspiring Explorers™ Education initiatives.

As a donor, you’ll receive stories of impact about programme participants. You’ll also be invited to special events, giving you the opportunity to hear stories from explorers of yesterday and today.

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Inspiring the next generation of explorers…

Destiny

Destiny

Inspiring Explorers Expedition™ South Georgia 2023

Destiny didn’t believe an experience like this could ever be possible for her.

Laura

Laura

Inspiring Explorers Expedition™ South Pole 2022

Laura has given talks to thousands of students across New Zealand about overcoming her fears as she skiied to the South Pole.

Anzac

Anzac

Inspiring Explorers Expedition™ Antarctic Peninsula 2020

Anzac used his experience to share Antarctica with thousands of students across the globe.

Abby

Abby

Young Inspiring Explorers™ Worsley Weekend 2020

The Young Inspiring Explorers™ Worsley Weekend inspired Abby to want to become a heritage conservator in Antarctica.

Inspiring Explorer Tegan Allpress. © AHT/Anna Clare

Creating impact in their communities

Inspiring Explorers deliver a dedicated outreach programme sharing their stories and encouraging others to explore. Since the inaugural expedition in 2015 Inspiring Explorers have delivered hundreds of presentations, created art, music, short films, virtual and augmented reality, Antarctic-inspired education programmes and exhibitions. Their stories have a powerful ripple effect through their communities and with our global audience, reaching millions of people worldwide.

Read recent Inspiring Explorers™ news:

PulkaAntarctic Heritage TrustAntarctic Heritage Trust

Running into Old Friends (Sort of)

From Bengt: Long and nice day. Sunny and no wind. Today we walked 11 hours and some. That gave us 34.7km! We followed the tracks from yesterday, bumped into the camp of our English friends just before the last leg. We silently passed since it…
Inuit snow gogglesJared Zimmerman (WMF)

Snowblindness

Snowblindness is just one of the things the team want to avoid in Greenland. Snowblindness is a temporary loss of vision caused by the sun's rays - think of it like sunburn of the eyeballs! Of course the Inspiring Explorers have sunglasses…
WhiteoutAntarctic Heritage TrustAntarctic Heritage Trust

Whiteout

From Bengt: As predicted, it was whiteout in the morning. Almost no wind and the sun was trying to get through the clouds. In the middle of the day we found tracks from another team, which we followed. We did around 9 hours and got 27.3km.…

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