The trust also aims to improve the public understanding of how Antarctic exploration and science contributes to our knowledge of Antarctica and the impacts of human activity on the natural environment.
The northern section is sited outside the Scott Polar Research Institute in Cambridge and the southern in Stanley on the Falkland Islands.
The northern sculpture was unveiled on 12 May 2011 by Oliver Barratt and Roderick Rhys Jones (Chairman of the British Antarctic Monument Trust).
[4] During the unveiling the Director of the Scott Polar Research Institute, Professor Julian A. Dowdeswell, welcomed friends and relatives of those who died in the Antarctic.
The trust has four well-known ambassadors – Felicity Aston,[5] Paul Rose, John Killingbeck and Dr. Russell Thompson.