UK Antarctic Heritage Trust (UKAHT)
@antarcticheritage.bsky.social
110 followers 12 following 17 posts
Protecting heritage sites on the Antarctic Peninsula, including the world's southernmost post office, AKA the Penguin Post Office 🐧📮 and Shackleton's Endurance ⚓️ https://www.ukaht.org/
Posts Media Videos Starter Packs
Pinned
For three decades, we have had the privilege to conserve Antarctica’s unique heritage, share the continent’s ever-evolving stories and inspire others to see and experience Antarctica differently through innovative technology, art and culture.

youtu.be/XElB1ukggko?...
30 years of conserving and inspiring
YouTube video by UK Antarctic Heritage Trust
youtu.be
We are thrilled to introduce our new Antarctic team set to travel 9,000 miles to Antarctica as part of its ambitious three-year project to safeguard the British heritage site, Base A, Port Lockroy, from the impact of climate change.

🔗 Meet the team: www.ukaht.org/latest-news/...
Say hello to our 2025 Antarctic team! 🇦🇶

The new Port Lockroy team will reopen the site for another austral summer, while specialist carpenters will begin a three-year conservation mission to protect the historic Antarctic base from the effects of climate change.

www.ukaht.org/latest-news/...
Meet our 2025 Antarctic team
The new Port Lockroy team will reopen the site for another austral summer, while specialist carpenters will begin a three-year conservation mission to protect the historic Antarctic base from the effe...
www.ukaht.org
The worldwide research program had a prominent role in the history of our bases, but what exactly was the International Geophysical Year?

www.ukaht.org/latest-news/...
UKAHT - What was the International Geophysical Year?
www.ukaht.org
Conservation carpenter Graham Gillie spoke to BBC World Service's Newsday via satellite connection while working at Blaiklock Island Refuge in Antarctica. Listen to his superb interview set to filmmaker Michael Duff's striking photography.

#TeamAntarctica

youtu.be/5au0Wbt7ZLY?...
Carpenter Graham Gillie on BBC World Service live from Blaiklock Island, Antarctica
YouTube video by UK Antarctic Heritage Trust
youtu.be
Reposted by UK Antarctic Heritage Trust (UKAHT)
What’s that, you say? An online book launch? AND a quiz?? With prizes??? And pictures of penguins????

On 2nd July, help me send the paperback of The Edge of Solitude out into the world! (And maybe win a copy, too…?) Proceeds to @antarcticheritage.bsky.social.

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-edge-o...
The Edge of Solitude: book launch & polar quiz!
Love books? Fascinated by Antarctica? Just think penguins are cute? If the answer to any of these is YES! then this event is for you!
www.eventbrite.co.uk
Reposted by UK Antarctic Heritage Trust (UKAHT)
On Thursday we hosted @antarcticheritage.bsky.social and the New Zealand Antarctic Heritage Trust's launch of their new VR experiences, and were delighted that their patron HRH The Princess Royal could attend and meet local children trying out the VR.

IMAGE CREDIT: HESTERPHOTO/UKAHT
Patron of the UK Antarctic Heritage Trust, HRH The Princess Royal, meets school children from Selborne Church of England Primary School at Gilbert White's House & Gardens to explore Antarctica through immersive virtual reality experiences (VR) as part of a nationwide tour by the UK Antarctic Heritage Trust and New Zealand Antarctic Heritage Trust, aimed at making Antarctica more accessible. 
IMAGE CREDIT: HESTERPHOTO / UKAHT Patron of the UK Antarctic Heritage Trust, HRH The Princess Royal, meets school children from Selborne Church of England Primary School at Gilbert White's House & Gardens to explore Antarctica through immersive virtual reality experiences (VR) as part of a nationwide tour by the UK Antarctic Heritage Trust and New Zealand Antarctic Heritage Trust, aimed at making Antarctica more accessible. 
IMAGE CREDIT: HESTERPHOTO / UKAHT
Happy World Penguin Day! 🐧

To celebrate, we have a short penguin quiz for you. Keep count of your results and let us know how many you got right. Marks out of 10.

✅ Take the quiz: ukaht.my.canva.site/gentoo-pengu...
Alok Jha talks to Leilani Raashida Henry about her father, George Washington Gibbs Jr, the first recorded Black person to land on the Antarctic continent.

🎧 Search ‘A Voyage to Antarctica' on all major podcast platforms

🙏 This season is kindly supported by Hurtigruten Expeditions.
In an explosive start to season 5 of our acclaimed podcast, A Voyage To Antarctica, Alok Jha talks to world-renowned volcanologist and filmmaker Clive Oppenheimer.

🎧 Search ‘A Voyage to Antarctica' on all major podcast platforms
🙏 This season is kindly supported by Hurtigruten Expeditions
Join us for our next webinar!

In this exclusive webinar for International Women’s Day, we bring together the titans of British female leadership in the polar regions.

🗓️ Thu 6 Mar 2025
⏱️ 18:00 - 19:00 GMT
💰 Free!
🎟️ Reserve below
Trailblazing Polar Women
In this exclusive webinar for International Women’s Day, we will explore female leadership in the polar regions.
eventbrite.co.uk
A quick update from our Port Lockroy penguin monitor on Penguin Awareness Day 🐧
Happy New Year from everyone at the UK Antarctic Heritage Trust! 🎆

Thank you for all your support throughout 2024! 🙏
From the archives: the establishment of Blaiklock Island Refuge

We take a look at diesel mechanic and base leader Percy Guyver's original report from the establishment of Blaiklock Island Refuge nearly seven decades ago.

#UnchartedAntarctica
From the archives: the establishment of Blaiklock Island Refuge
We take a look at diesel mechanic and base leader Percy Guyver's original report from the establishment of Blaiklock Island Refuge nearly seven decades ago.
www.ukaht.org
For three decades, we have had the privilege to conserve Antarctica’s unique heritage, share the continent’s ever-evolving stories and inspire others to see and experience Antarctica differently through innovative technology, art and culture.

youtu.be/XElB1ukggko?...
30 years of conserving and inspiring
YouTube video by UK Antarctic Heritage Trust
youtu.be