Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust

06/08/2026

Fantastic day out for Falklands Maritime at the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) in London, celebrating the 125th anniversary of Captain Scott’s British national Antarctic expedition (1901 - 1904), also known as the Discovery expedition! Thanks to the incredible speakers and the team at the RGS for a wonderful event!

24/07/2026

🚨 Cool Job Alert! 📚🌍

Meet Tim Jacob, Education Outreach Coordinator for the expedition. He is now Director if Traveller Programmes at Reach The World.

Tim joined the expedition with one very special mission: to connect classrooms around the world directly to the expedition as it unfolded.

Through live broadcasts from the ship, thousands of students followed the search for Sir Ernest Shackleton's Endurance in real time. Until the Artemis Moon mission, it was the largest virtual classroom exchange in history.

Tim has told us that when Endurance was finally discovered nearly 3,000 metres beneath the Weddell Sea, children watching from their classrooms shouted:

"We found Endurance! We found Endurance!"

What better demonstration of the power of bringing exploration into the classroom?

Our sincere thanks to everyone at Reach the World for helping inspire the next generation of explorers, scientists and historians. ❤️

23/07/2026

Did you know?

The discovery of captured the world's imagination.

But the work didn't end there.

The Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust is a charity and we're continuing to preserve maritime heritage, create educational resources and share these extraordinary stories with people around the world.

If you'd like to support our work, we'd be incredibly grateful.

❤️ Donate today.
https://fmht.co.uk/support-us/donate/

21/07/2026

If you haven't seen it yet, the award winning National Geographic documentary Endurance is currently streaming on Disney + which is now available to most Sky customers in the UK.

Grab some popcorn and get stuck in!

https://youtu.be/563_lBO3wiY?si=iGphWm2SJ5tYZGKG

In a legendary feat of leadership and perseverance, polar explorer ...

16/07/2026

🌊 Become a Wreck Hunter!

Did you know the waters around the Falkland Islands hold the stories of more than 200 shipwrecks?

For centuries, the Islands have been a gateway for trade, exploration, travel and adventure. Ships from around the world have passed through these waters... and many never made it home.

Our interactive wreck map lets you explore this incredible maritime heritage:

⚓ Search our archive of over 200 wrecks
📍 Explore locations and stories from the 1700s to today
🎥 Discover photos, videos and fascinating histories behind the vessels

www.fmht.co.uk/wreckmap/

Every wreck is a window into the past. Where will your exploration begin?

Start your journey and become a Wreck Hunter.

13/07/2026

Can you believe it's been a year since we took Endurance to the Goodwood Festival of Speed?

Looking back through these photos reminds us what an incredible few days it was.

With the support of the Goodwood Foundation, we created a 3D printed model of Endurance that allowed visitors to explore the wreck for themselves. Seeing children (and plenty of adults!) navigating around the ship, asking questions and discovering how she was found was a real highlight.

The event taught us something important. While Endurance is one of the greatest survival stories ever told, we realised that many people are hearing it for the very first time.

That means we still have millions of people to reach.

Goodwood helped us test new ways of sharing this remarkable story and showed us how technology can inspire people to learn about exploration, science and the future of deep-water archaeology. Those lessons are now shaping many of the exciting projects we're developing for the years ahead.

A huge thank you to the Goodwood Foundation and everyone who visited our stand. If you were there, let us know - we'd love to hear your memories!

03/07/2026

Shackleton. Scott. Quest. Terra Nova.

The has just departed port, with the Royal Canadian Geographical Society, in partnership with the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), now underway in the North Atlantic.

The team will document the wrecks of Quest and Terra Nova using advanced deep-sea imaging and submersible technology to build detailed 3D records of the sites.

These wrecks remain powerful links to Shackleton and Scott, whose rival expeditions shaped the history of Antarctic exploration.

Those familiar with our story will know that the finding of Terra Nova in 2012 was the inspiration behind the 10-year project to find Endurance, which we did in 2022.

We wish the expedition team every success as they take this work forward in the North Atlantic.

02/07/2026

What a wonderful evening!

On Tuesday, we were delighted to attend the launch of The Endurance Photographs at the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) alongside Mensun Bound and so many familiar faces from the polar community.

The book showcases Frank Hurley's extraordinary original glass plate negatives from Shackleton's Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition in stunning new detail, accompanied by essays from an incredible line-up of contributors, including Dame Jane Francis from the British Antarctic Survey , Alexandra Shackleton, Mensun Bound and Jean de Pomereu.

One of our favourite moments was hearing Jean speak about the history of Antarctic photography before exploring the Royal Geographical Society's remarkable display of original negatives, photographs and expedition artefacts.

A huge congratulations to everyone involved in bringing this beautiful book to life. It is a fitting tribute to Hurley's genius and the enduring legacy of Shackleton's expedition.

📖 Have you got your copy yet?

Joanna Yellowlees-Bound Saul Pitaluga

30/06/2026

Tucked away in Stanley Harbour is a place many locals know simply as 'The Canache'.

Over the years this small bay has become a resting place for numerous small vessels, creating an extraordinary collection of Falklands maritime history.

Among them are seven historically significant wrecks:
⚓ Flyd
⚓ Gentoo
⚓ Golden Chance
⚓ Hookey Walker
⚓ Lily
⚓ Lively
⚓ Weddell

The Canache also sits beside Boxer Bridge, whose name has a surprising connection to the Boxer Rebellion in China through the Royal Engineers who built the bridge after the 1982 conflict.

📖 Read more here www.fmht.co.uk/news/iconic-wrecks-of-the-canache/

📷 Elena Lewendon/FMHT - January 2026

25/06/2026

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