Antarctic Heritage Trust
The Antarctic Heritage Trust is an independent charitable trust that was established in 1987 for the purpose of conserving the legacy of the Ross Sea region of Antarctica by the first Antarctic explorers – Norwegian Carsten Borchgrevinck and British explorers, Robert Falcon Scott and Ernest Shackleton The bases of four expeditions (1895 – 1915) still standing in Antarctica today are conserved by the Antarctic Heritage Trust.
In 2003, the New Zealand Government agreed to provide ongoing funding towards the Trust's operational costs to enable the Trust to free up resources to secure overseas funding towards its restoration project.
Organisation details
- Chair – The Rt Hon Paul East
- Executive Director – Nigel Watson
Contact details
- info@nzaht.org.nz
- Tel (03) 358 0212
- Postal Address - Private Bag 4745, Christchurch Mail Centre 8140
The Trustees which form the board are:
- The Rt Hon Paul East – Chair, Independent Member
- Anthony Wright, Deputy Chair, Director,Canterbury Museum
- Victoria Treadell MVO, British High Commissioner to New Zealand
- Ambassador David Huebner, United States Ambassador to New Zealand
- The Rt Hon Geoffrey Palmer KCMG, AC, SC, Independent Member
- John Allen, Secretary of Foreign Affairs and Trade, New Zealand
- Rob Fenwick CNZM. Chairman, Antarctica New Zealand
- Rodney Walshe ONZM, Irish Government Senior Representative to New Zealand
- Chris Mace CNZM BE, Independent Member
- Neville Jordan CNZM BE, Independent Member
- Dr Garth Carnaby MNZM, President, The Royal Society of New Zealand
- Bruce Chapman, Chief Executive, New Zealand Historic Places Trust
- Graham White, President New Zealand Antarctic Society
- Murray Harrington. PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Treasurer
Related links
Antarctic Heritage Trust Annual Report 2011
Antarctic Heritage Trust website
