Antarctic Heritage Trust

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Currently the Antarctic Heritage Trust consists of two partners, the

UK Antarctic Heritage Trust
, founded in 1993. The Trust is a coalition established to promote the following stated goals:

  • Promote awareness of the human history of Antarctica and its relevance to the modern world: and to that end
  • Identify, restore, preserve and record historic sites in Antarctica, the structures on them and the artifacts, which they contain
  • Restore, preserve and protect, where appropriate, other elements, including archival records, of the historical heritage of human endeavour in Antarctica
  • Provide means by which interested people and organisations may contribute to the achievement of the coalitions objectives
  • Be guided by appropriate heritage management standards
  • Conform to the principles, purposes and spirit of the Antarctic Treaty, in particular, annex V, Area Protection and Management, of the protocol on Environmental Protection of Antarctica (The Madrid Protocol); and to
  • Cooperate with coalition partners, and others with Antarctic interests, to achieve these objectives.

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