ANTARCTIC HERITAGE TRUST

Antarctic Heritage Trust is engaged in a long-term conservation project to save the Antarctic bases. The trust cares for five historic expedition bases in the Ross Sea Region of Antarctica, including those belonging to Antarctic explorers Robert Falcon Scott, Ernest Shackleton, Carsten Borchgrevink, and Sir Edmund Hillary. Antarctic Heritage Trust’s team of conservation professionals work year-round in Antarctica conserving the explorers’ bases and the more than 17,000 items they left behind, including clothing, food, and equipment. It was founded in 1987 and is based in Christchurch, New Zealand.