United Kingdom Antarctic Heritage Trust

The United Kingdom Antarctic Heritage Trust (UKAHT) is a British charity, registered in 1993 and re-registered in 2015.^[1] The UKAHT is a member of the Antarctic Heritage Trust coalition. The UKAHT's Patron is Princess Anne, The Princess Royal.

United Kingdom Antarctic Heritage Trust

Abbreviation	UKAHT
Legal status	Charity
Board of directors	Patron: Princess Anne, The Princess Royal Chief Executive: Camilla Nichol
Website	www.ukaht.org

The organisation's stated goals include:

• Help conserve selected early British scientific bases on the Antarctic Peninsula and South Georgia region for the enjoyment and education of visitors. The UKAHT operates Port Lockroy, which is designated Historic Site and Monument (No. 61) under the Antarctic Treaty.
• Protect and preserve six other historic bases along the Antarctic Peninsula.^[2]
• Oversee the Conservation Management Plan (CMP) for the shipwreck of Ernest Shackleton’s Endurance ^[3]
• Develop and promote an educational programme to stimulate public interest in science, the global environment and Antarctic research through the inspiration of earlier British Antarctic endeavours.
• Digitally document and virtually reconstruct all ex-British bases along the Antarctic Peninsula using 3D models,^[4] photogrammetry and laser scanning.^[5]
• Support the New Zealand Antarctic Heritage Trust in conserving the historic huts in the Ross Sea area built by the explorers Scott, Shackleton and Borchgrevink.
• Help with the acquisition and preservation of British historical Antarctic artefacts.