Special Appeal

We need your help

Antarctica’s historic buildings are unique in the world, but they are vulnerable. Warmer, wetter conditions threaten the survival of these sites, and we must act now.

We need your help to deliver conservation at some of the most challenging and remarkable places on Earth.

30 years of conserving and inspiring

In 1993, we didn’t have a single site to our name. Today, the Trust manages the restoration and care of six heritage huts and their treasures on the Antarctic Peninsula and led the Conservation Management Plan for Sir Ernest Shackleton’s shipwreck Endurance. As a charity, we couldn’t have done it without our supporters. We are eternally grateful for all of your help in protecting and celebrating this precious place, then, now and into the future.

Heritage under threat

But our work is never done. Antarctica is complex, fragile and rapidly changing – and so too is its heritage.

Climate change and the challenges of Antarctic conditions is putting heritage under pressure along the Peninsula. In the past few years we have seen a marked increase in rot, artefact damage and algae, putting these modest wooden sites at risk of loss.

To the future

At the Trust, we are dedicated to safeguarding the future of Antarctica’s heritage, working together with our partners and specialist colleagues, stakeholders and supporters to deliver complex conservation and maintenance work, along with wider policy work under the Antarctic Treaty.  

From leading on the protection of the Endurance shipwreck, to delivering complex repairs at Port Lockroy, our conservation work will repair these sites and ensure their survival into the future.  

How to help

We have four options available, from funding essential tools and materials to sponsoring a conservation carpenter. However you choose to support our work, know that you've helped us expertly care for these very special places, protecting them for years to come.

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