Share your Story and Inspire Others to Explore!
Outreach is a critical part of the Trust’s Inspiring Explorers™ programme. If you travel to Antarctica with us on this once-in-a-lifetime expedition, you will return with so many stories to tell!
The Inspiring Explorers™ selected for this expedition will become ambassadors for the legacy of exploration the Trust cares for and we will support you to find exciting and innovative ways to tell your story, inspire others, and advocate for the work of the Trust to conservate the important cultural heritage sites of the Ross Sea region. The aim of our outreach programme is to create a deep ripple effect within communities, to grow knowledge and awareness.
Inspiring Explorers Expedition™ Partners
Individual Outreach Requirements
As a condition of your sponsorship on this expedition, on your return, Inspiring Explorers™ are required to:
- Deliver three outreach presentations in your community. These can take many different forms, from a talk at your school or tertiary institution, or to a community group or organisation you have connections with, to a book reading or craft activity session and question time at your local library.
- Write a blog about your experience for publication on the Trust’s website.
If this seems daunting, don’t worry, you will be fully supported to achieve these requirements. You will receive coaching and practice at speaking in front of an audience while on the expedition, we can help you with suggestions for organisations that would love for you to visit and tell your story, including many of our donors who enabled your participation on the expedition. We will supply you with resources to help you share the work of the Trust. We can also provide support to help you write your blog.
Group Outreach Project – Podcast
You will also contribute to a group outreach project sponsored by our Inspiring Explorers™ Fund donors. The project is to produce a podcast series about the expedition that also tells the story of the Trust’s work to conserve the historic huts belonging to Antarctica’s early explorers.
You will learn what it takes to conserve Antarctica’s cultural heritage directly from the Trust’s expert conservation team, both before and during the expedition. For the podcast series we will record your learning journey and your experience of stepping inside the historic huts the Trust cares for – something very few people have the opportunity to do.
The project will involve spending time with Al Fastier, the Trust’s former Programme Manager Ross Sea Heritage Restoration Project, who has spent the past 18 years leading the conservation of these incredible sites. Al will be on the voyage with the team, passing on his knowledge to the next generation of kaitiaki (carer, guardian, protector), who the Trust hopes will pick up the mantle of protecting the historic explorer bases in the future.
To enable this project, we are looking for some team members with specialist skills in:
- interviewing
- voicework or presenting
- radio or podcast production
- sound engineering/audio recording.
If you have some or all of these skills apply now for a ‘Podcast Outreach’ role in the team. If selected for this role you will plan the project in collaboration with the Trust, capture content before and during the expedition, and help with post-production of the podcast series with support from the Trust.
If you are selected for ‘General’ and ‘Heritage Conservation’ roles in the team you will contribute to the podcast project by taking part in interviews both individually and in group settings, prior to, during and after the expedition, to share your knowledge, perspectives, experiences, and the impact the expedition has on you.
Past Outreach Projects
The young people who have taken part in our previous nine expeditions have produced a huge variety of outreach, ranging from orchestral performances, educational resources, photographic exhibitions, short films, presentations, VR and AR content, and much more.
All outreach projects are agreed upon by the Trust with financial support from our donors and sponsors. The Trust supports a wide variety of outreach programmes – the examples below are of some of the larger outreach projects from previous expeditions.
Perry Hyde – Inspiring Explorers Expedition™ South Georgia 2023
Radio Programme
Perry produced a fascinating programme on the expedition for Radio New Zealand’s ‘Our Changing World’ show. It describes how the Inspiring Explorers™ science outreach team continued the early explorers’ scientific legacy by collecting data and weather observations under the guidance of MetService’s Kelly Davenport and Peter Fisher, which will be important for weather and climate science today. The programme features audio and interviews with Perry’s fellow Inspiring Explorers™ recorded by him in South Georgia.
Perry Hyde © AHT
Lily Green – Inspiring Explorers Expedition™ South Georgia 2023
Short Film
Inspiring Explorer Lily Green’s short film, An Unexpected Journey, takes viewers on a journey to South Georgia, alongside the expedition climbing team, for an attempt at the first New Zealand ascent of Mount Worsley. Her film explores the highs of preparing for the ascent and the disappointment when conditions prevented the climb from going forward. All was not lost however, when an unexpected turn of events led to a unique opportunity!
Sadra Sultani – Inspiring Explorers Expedition™ Antarctic Peninsula 2020
Community presentations
Since completing the Inspiring Explorers Expedition™ to the Antarctic Peninsula in March 2020, Sadra has been busy encouraging the spirit of exploration in other young women and men in the Muslim community. As part of her outreach programme, she ran a series of online and in person workshops, and several Zoom conferences around the theme of exploration. She is currently preparing to take groups of Muslim women on expeditions around the South Island of New Zealand.
Sadra Sultani © AHT
Marco de Kretser – Inspiring Explorers Expedition™ Antarctic Peninsula 2019
The Frozen Wild
In March 2019, Marco de Kretser travelled to the Antarctic Peninsula as a member of Antarctic Heritage Trust’s fourth Inspiring Explorers Expedition™.
Marco recorded the sounds of Antarctica’s frozen wild—the ice cracking, the birds shrieking—in order to bring those sounds back to the studio and create music inspired by the brutal, desolate, gargantuan landscapes. Marco wanted to create an interplay between the smaller details and larger saws and strings to mimic the nature of the Antarctic environment.
Marco de Kretser © AHT
Marco de Kretser and Alexander Hillary – Inspiring Explorers Expedition™ Antarctic Peninsula 2019
Photo Exhibition and Soundscape
The sounds Marco recorded in Antarctica were also used to compose a soundscape, which accompanies a photographic exhibition in collaboration with Alexander Hillary, grandson of Sir Edmund Hillary, who was also a member of the expedition.
This selection of Alexander and Marco’s images, accompanied by excerpts from their diary entries recorded during the expedition, give us a glimpse into the impact experiencing Antarctica had on these two young men.
Alexander Hillary © AHT
Lana and Mele – Inspiring Explorers Expedition™ Antarctic Peninsula 2019
Fanimals
After arriving back home from the Inspiring Explorers Expedition™ 2019, Mele and Lana were excited to feature across two episodes on kid’s TV show ‘Fanimals’. They shared the story of their trip to the Antarctic Peninsula, where they learned about wildlife, the history of polar exploration, and science happening on the ice today.
Mele Fetu’u and Lana Kiddie-Vai © AHT
Owain John – Inspiring Explorers Expedition™ Antarctic Peninsula 2020
Environmental Education
Owain John’s desire to share his Antarctic experiences is expressed through his social enterprise, Squawk Squad. Squawk Squad’s vision is to inspire a generation of tamariki (children) to become kaitiaki (guardians) of Aotearoa-New Zealand through education and action by building a world-class environmental education platform and running digital programmes that empower collective action.
With footage shot during the expedition, Owain created an eight week environmental adventure to Antarctica where New Zealand school children learn about climate change and Antarctica’s relevance to the world. One topic focused on the early explorers to Antarctica and connected students with the Trust’s work and the spirit of exploration. Teachers signed up to the programme received curriculum-linked lesson plans focused on Antarctica with climate change causes and solutions. More than 200 teachers and 4000 students aged five to twelve took part in Squawk Squad’s programme.
Owain John © Owain John
James Blake – Inspiring Explorers™ Crossing South Georgia 2015
Short film
The Last 36 is a short film shot by James Blake and follows the Antarctic Heritage Trust’s Inspiring Explorers Expedition™ to South Georgia in 2015 to mark the centenary of the first crossing of the island. The Last 36 retraces the epic journey of Shackleton, Worsley and Crean, as they crossed South Georgia for the first time in a desperate bid to save the lives of their stranded Endurance crew mates.
James Blake © AHT
Anzac Gallate – Inspiring Explorers Expedition™ Antarctic Peninsula 2020
Augmented reality journal and app
My Explorer Journal was created and illustrated by 20-year-old Anzac Gallate, one of Antarctic Heritage Trust’s Inspiring Explorers™ in partnership with the Trust and StaplesVR who built the custom AR app. Anzac took part in the Trust’s Inspiring Explorers Expedition™ to the Antarctic Peninsula in March 2020.
Anzac’s My Explorer Journal is one of the most exciting and creative outreach projects delivered by the Trust’s Inspiring Explorers™ so far. Working with the Trust’s team, and production company Staples VR, Anzac’s project enables school students everywhere to embrace the spirit of exploration through the future focused lens of augmented reality.
Anzac Gallate with My Explorer Journal © AHT
Ihlara McIndoe
Musical compositions and concert
Inspiring Explorer Ihlara McIndoe composed five pieces for flute, violin and viola, and full orchestra inspired by her 2020 Inspiring Explorers Expedition™ to Antarctica. One of these, On Satin Waters included pre-recorded electronics composed of water and ice recordings taken during the expedition.
The Trust hosted a concert performance of Ihlara’s compositions called A Musical Journey to Antarctica with Antarctic Heritage Trust Inspiring Explorer Ihlara McIndoe at The Piano in Christchurch, New Zealand and was livestreamed on 12 May 2022.
Ihlara McIndoe © AHT
