UK Antarctic Heritage Trust

Alok talks to Zaria Forman, an artist who captures the beauty and fragility of Antarctica’s frozen landscapes in breathtaking pastel drawings. Zaria travels to remote regions of the world to colle...

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Alok Jha talks to meteorite-hunter Katherine Joy to discover why the icy continent is one of the best places on Earth to find them. Professor Katherine Joy is a Professor of Lunar and Planetary Sc...

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Alok Jha talks to Robert Macfarlane about the history of Western exploration, the origin of the archetypal heroic-age explorer, and Antarctica’s place as the last great wilderness on Earth. Robert...

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What if Antarctica had rights and its own voice at the international table? Alok explores that question with 2025 Shackleton Medal-winner Cormac Cullinan, an environmental lawyer, author, and advoc...

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Alok Jha talks to pioneering explorer Ann Bancroft: a true polar legend and the first woman to have skied to both North and South poles. Ann joined the 1986 Steger International Polar Expedition a...

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Take a look at the first part of our three-year mission to protect Port Lockroy, as we begin the most significant phase of conservation work at the base since 1996, 🇦🇶 FIND OUT MORE 🇦🇶 https://uk

A brief summary of our major achievements over the last 12 months. This past year has been one of progress, resilience and ambition for the Trust. We have made significant headway in our mission t...

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A Voyage to Antarctica podcast returns! Alok Jha talks to television presenter Lorraine Kelly about her lifelong passion for Antarctica, inspired by her hero, Ernest Shackleton, AKA ‘The Boss’. S...

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What’s it like to live and work in Antarctica? Lisa Ford (2025/26 Base Leader) and Head of Operations Sophie Montagne joined BBC Breakfast to share insights on life at Port Lockroy and how the team...

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A Voyage to Antarctica podcast returns! Alok Jha talks to television presenter Lorraine Kelly about her lifelong passion for Antarctica, inspired by her hero, Ernest Shackleton, AKA ‘The Boss’. S...

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Join us for specialist panel discussion exploring the threats posed to heritage sites by the changing climate As the impacts of climate change accelerate around the world, the heritage sector face...

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Go behind the scenes at Port Lockroy, the world’s southernmost public museum and post office with Amanda Barry, Museum Manager at Port Lockroy. Amanda has spent the 2025–26 season caring for this r...

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Conservation carpenter Jo Oliver has installed a bespoke cover that protects Bransfield House’s generator while enhancing visitor experience at Port Lockroy. 🇦🇶 FIND OUT MORE 🇦🇶 https://ukaht.org

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Wildlife monitor Peter Watson spoke to Susie Fowler-Watt on BBC Look East about counting penguins at Port Lockroy, Antarctica. Recorded in January 2026. 🇦🇶 FIND OUT MORE 🇦🇶 https://ukaht.org/plac

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Conservation carpenters Jo and Dan have deconstructed the Beastie, the large ionosonde used for ionospheric research in the 1950s and 60s. Dan researched its original construction to safely disman...

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This Penguin Awareness Day, journey to Antarctica with Jamie Lafferty, Scottish travel writer, photographer and polar guide, to explore the remarkable lives of the penguins who call the icy contine...

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Join us on Antarctica Day 2025 to explore one of the world most unusal places through the lens of today's geopolitics. This event will revisit our most popular webinar to date. In The Future of th...

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Join us on Monday 10 November for a webinar exploring the evolution of photography and cinematography in Antarctica. From Herbert Ponting — the expedition photographer and cinematographer for Scott...

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Port Lockroy museum manager Amanda Barry speaks to BBC Scotland about her father, who was stationed at Port Lockroy in 1948/9. Seventy-seven years later, she is thrilled to be following in his foot...

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In the final episode of the series, Alok Jha talks to Professor Klaus Dodds about Antarctica’s unique geopolitical position, the Antarctic Treaty, Antarctica’s potentially precarious future and wha...