The historic huts on Ross Island in Antarctica are some of the most remarkable monuments to human endeavour in the world. The practice is engaged in the on-going process of surveying and restoring these extraordinary survivals from the 'heroic age' of polar exploration. Initially, the team undertook condition surveys at the sites and provided a conceptual overview for the work. The first tasks were to safeguard the artefacts that give the huts their unique atmosphere and to cut back the encroaching snow and ice around Scott's Hut at Cape Evans. To date, specialist teams of carpenters, archaeologists and conservators have repaired Shackleton's Hut and conserved its contents. Two seasons of conservation work have also been completed at Scott's Hut at Cape Evans. The practice has prepared all of the specifications, drawings and scheduling for work at Borchgrevink's Hut, which was the first structure to be built on the Antarctic continent, and work is due to start there in 2010.
The remote location and ferocity of the climate have made the challenge of conserving these structures unique. All of the work has been considered from first principles with interesting repercussions for the future of conservation in more moderate climates.