UK Antarctic Heritage Trust

True Young Explorer Scholarships with Heritage Expeditions are now open for 2024-25 season! 🧭 If you're aged 18-30 years, this is an opportunity to experience true expedition travel to the wildlife-rich Subantarctic Islands and the remote Ross Sea region of #Antarctica. 🗓️ Apply by 7 Oct https://lnkd.in/eKkHXeUt

As a charity operating in the harshest, most remote region on the planet, we couldn’t do what we do without a little help from our friends. Now that all our staff have returned from Antarctica, we want to take a moment to say an enormous thank you to our partners for providing clothing and equipment for our Antarctic teams this season. 🙏 🤝 🔗 Read the post: https://lnkd.in/enPrVphp

A little snapshot of some of the wildlife our field team spotted at #DetailleIsland last season. 📸 UKAHT/Lesley Johnston #Detaille #ukantarcticheritagetrust #UKAHT

A few scenes from our field team's camp on Detaille Island. Camping on an Antarctic island for 28 days certainly comes with its challenges but one thing that can always be relied upon is a spectacular view. #camplife #Detaille #DetailleIsland #ukantarcticheritagetrust #UKAHT #antarctic #antarctica 📸 UKAHT/Lesley Johnston

Follow a unique penguin colony at the end of the world! 🇦🇶 You can adopt one of our penguins and support the colony and their home in Antarctica. Adoptions also make the perfect gift. Your adoption pack will include: 🐧 12-month adoption 🐧 Postcard from Antarctica 🐧 Cuddly toy 🐧 Fact booklet & welcome pack 🐧 Adoption certificate 🐧 Updates from Port Lockroy 🔗 Adopt a penguin: https://lnkd.in/dP9Nk7u 📸 UKAHT/Jérôme Viard

Let your spirit of adventure live on... With a gift in your Will, you can play a part in Antarctica’s story and protect this special heritage now and long into the future. Find out more: https://lnkd.in/eQSKNrd7

In episode three of our podcast, Alok chats to journalist and author Julian Sancton about the harrowing and epic survival story of The Belgica, an early polar expedition gone terribly wrong with a ship frozen in ice and its crew trapped inside for months of endless polar night. 🔊Search ‘A Voyage to Antarctica' on all major podcast platforms. 🤝This season is kindly supported by Hurtigruten Expeditions.

Get to know our heritage sites! Situated at 68°11'S, 67°00'W, Base E, Stonington Island Hut is our southernmost base and is one of the most idyllic. Positioned in the striking Marguerite Bay, banked by vast snow slopes and the imposing 800m-high peaks of the Roman Four Promontory, Stonington operated from 1946 to 1950 and again from 1960 to 1975 after which the base permanently closed. In 1995, Stonington was designated Historic Site and Monument no. 64 and has been managed by UKAHT since 2014. Our work centres on six historic bases along the Antarctic Peninsula, each site telling a unique story of discovery and scientific exploration. 🔗 Find out more at: https://lnkd.in/dYt98x6T

We chat with Philip Curtis of The Map House to discuss how he got into cartography and why one of his favourite maps was created by a flat-earther. 🔗 Read Philip's interview: https://lnkd.in/eJTbG-dZ

Immersive Antarctica VR – an opportunity to access one of the most remote places on Earth! 🗓️ Saturday 31st August 2024 ⏰ 10am - 4pm 📍 Cambridge