In 1957, four years after climbing Mt Everest, Sir Edmund Hillary helped to build the first building at Scott Base, Antarctica. This hut, restored in 2017, was established as a base for his party of 23 explorers and scientists to study and live in one of the world's most extreme
How to explore Sir Edmund Hillary's Antarctic hut on Scott Base
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The hut has been conserved in time for Scott Base's 60th anniversary.
The experience is free for anyone. For the VR experience on your mobile device, you'll need a cardboard headset and to download the Antarctic Heritage Trust VR app from the App Store or Google Play. For the fully immersive and interactive experience, download from Steam and watch with a VR headset. Or the VR experience will be hosted around the country - nzaht.org to find out where to catch it.