Expedition begins conservation and restoration programme at historic Base Y, Horseshoe Island

Monday, March 13th, 2017

13 March 2017:

1Imagegen.ashxThe UK Antarctic Heritage Trust (UKAHT) has led a crucial conservation effort to carry out detailed survey and sampling work at Base Y, on Horseshoe Island in Marguerite Bay. From 1955 to 1960 the site was used for a pioneering mapping project and also to capture geological and meteorological data. It was recognised and designated a Historic Site & Monument (No. 63) under the Antarctic Treaty in 1995. The team undertaking the work was made up of top polar conservators: UKAHT’s Mike Powell and Liesl Schernthanner; Al Fastier, programme manager from the New Zealand Antarctic Heritage Trust and Sophie Rowe from the University of Cambridge’s Scott Polar Research Institute.

 

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