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Antarctic Heritage retweeted
Head of programming and engagement, Helen Langwick, updates us on a blazing few weeks on tour, bringing our VR experience to the nation.
🔗 Read more: ukaht.org/latest-news/2025/h…
Antarctic Heritage retweeted
We couldn't have done it without you! 🫵
Thanks to everyone who donated – via our Big Give Appeal or by other means – our field team have been able to travel to Blaiklock and secure its future. 🙏
#BlaiklockIsland #Blaiklock #ukantarcticheritagetrust #ukaht #TeamAntarctica
Antarctic Heritage retweeted
A few shots from our day at the @BAS_News showcasing our virtual reality experience of ‘A Frozen Night’ and Scott’s Discovery Hut from our sister heritage organisation, @InspireExplore.
Antarctic Heritage retweeted
We caught up with polar artist @sarah_polar_art to talk about her favourite explorers, a cuddly rabbit called Bunners and her latest project – a polar book club.
🔗 Read Sarah's interview: ukaht.org/latest-news/2025/i…
Antarctic Heritage retweeted
Keen to share Antarctica's stories with New Zealanders? 🎥🖌️📚📰
Applications for our 2025/26 Community Engagement Programme are now open!
All the details here: bit.ly/3Z9AcVx
Antarctic Heritage retweeted
On Sunday, Ernest Shackleton's last ship ‘Quest’ was found on the bottom of the Labrador Sea off the coast of Newfoundland, Canada, by a team led by @RCGS_SGRC 👏
Watch the news being broken to the granddaughter of Sir Ernest and our vice patron, Hon. Alexandra Shackleton.
Antarctic Heritage retweeted
Al Fastier, Conservation Project Manager at Port Lockroy, explains why prevention is better than cure when it comes to Antarctic heritage.
👉 read Al's blog post: buff.ly/3TYxoJW
Antarctic Heritage retweeted
The 5-yearly Adélie Penguin Census in North Victoria Land & annual survey in Ross Island is complete! 🐧
The first aerial image is of the Cape Adare penguin colony at 2,500ft. Follow images for 50%, 100%, and 250% zoom.
📷 Anthony Powell
Antarctic Heritage retweeted
A stunning capture from our 30th photography competition.
A gentoo crosses an immense ice escarpment near Winter Island.
📸 Shane Murphy, 2009
Antarctic Heritage retweeted
Something for the weekend?
Cheltenham's @thewilsonchelt is running the Frozen Continent exhibition, exploring first-hand the experience of one of Antarctica's most infamous expeditions until 18 February 2024.
ow.ly/NGvJ50PUCun
Antarctic Heritage retweeted
#SouthGeorgia is living up to expectations as a wildlife sanctuary. On this #antarcticheritagetrust expedition, we have been very privileged to see king penguins 🐧, elephant seals 🦭, and bird life in abundance. @InspireExplore #southatlantic
Antarctic Heritage retweeted
#Shackleton was celebrated in an SGHT event attended by HRH The Princess Royal @AllHallowsbytheTower. The focus was the return of the #Quest crow’s nest from a journey around the world via #SouthGeorgia.
Read more here: sght.org/news/return-of-the-…
#Endurance #Antarctic #RoyalFamily
Antarctic Heritage retweeted
It’s worth noting that it was from South Georgia that #Shackleton initially set out for #Antarctica and in South Georgia that he ended up after his extraordinary voyage from Elephant Island.
Learn more: bit.ly/44SZ7xw
#Endurance22
Antarctic Heritage retweeted
Know someone in media, arts, education or literature who might be interested in this unique opportunity to visit the ice? The Community Engagement Programme (CEP) is back! Check out this link for more: ow.ly/RN9W50PIyPr
Antarctic Heritage retweeted
This photo from the European Space Agency, picturing South Georgia, is the image of the day! 📷
👉 earth.com/image/the-unique-e…
#SGSSI
Antarctic Heritage retweeted
Great first day presenting the UKAHT Immersive Antarctica virtual reality project & demo to a brilliant gathering of academics in beautiful Salento, with project partners StoryLab @StoryLab_ARU @AntarcticHT #vr #Antarctica #archive #storyliving #gch23 #xrsalento
Our researchers are looking forward to attending @XRSalento 2023 - The International Conference on Extended Reality - this week!
xrsalento.it @FabrizioGaleaz2 @LesleyJohnston_ @ARU_AHSS
Antarctic Heritage retweeted
Something for the weekend...
Can you name our 🛖 just by 😜?
For an extra challenge, we've mixed up the order 😈
1. ⛈️🗼🇦🇶
2. 🐶🛷
3. 🥶🕰️
4. 🐧📮
5. 🧲🔬📍
6. 🟠✈️🧊
🤷 This will help if you're really stuck: ow.ly/pA4Q50PAkLA
Antarctic Heritage retweeted
Virtual reality is going to transport people to our historic bases! 🥽🕹🇦🇶
Working with @StoryLab_ARU, we will bring our heritage to more people through Immersive Antarctica with our exciting VR project.
🔗 Find out more: ow.ly/W4rV50PpGQe
Antarctic Heritage retweeted
Welcome to Base F, Wordie House. Established in 1935, the hut was destroyed by a suspected tsunami in 1946. The current structure was re-built in 1947 & used until 1954. In 1995, Wordie was designated HSM no. 62. It has been managed by UKAHT since 2014.
📷 BAS Archives & UKAHT
Antarctic Heritage retweeted
For 100 years, Aotearoa New Zealand has protected Antarctica as a place for peace, science and international cooperation. Want to know more? Join us tonight at Christchurch's Antarctica After Dark: bit.ly/antarcticaafterdark
@MFATNZ @ManatuTaonga
📽️ @Antzkiwi