Conserving the past
The United Kingdom and New Zealand Heritage Trusts work to conserve historic Antarctic buildings and artefacts.
Heritage Videos
The UK Antarctic Heritage Trust (UKAHT) manages the heritage sites on the Antarctic Peninsula. The Antarctic Heritage Trust New Zealand manages heritage sites at Cape Adare and the Ross Island.
Despite the dry cold environment the huts and their contents deteriorate and need a continual programme of conservation.
Scott’s Last Expedition exhibition
The huts managed by UKAHT
Click on each of the huts to find out more about the conservation management of the historic sites.
The huts managed by AHT
Click on each of the huts to find out more about the conservation management of the historic sites.
‘Once lost they are lost for ever. These historic buildings stand as the last vestiges of this period, and bear testament not only to the endurance and courage of the explorers and the hardships they experienced, but to the minutia of their everyday experience.’
Activity
Design a booklet
Choose one of the historic sites and design a booklet, ‘Why save the huts?’, which could be used by tourists visiting Antarctica and also to raise funds to help conserve the huts and artefacts.
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First download the Antarctica blank base map (pdf)
Your booklet should include:
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Where the hut is – mark them on the blank base map
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Information about the trust which manages the conservation and preservation of the hut
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When the hut was built and what it has been used for
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Why it should be conserved
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Rules for people visiting the site
