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UK’s first Amundsen exhibition celebrates extraordinary explorer
The museum, part of Cambridge University’s Scott Polar Research Institute, is celebrating the life and exploits of the man regarded as one of the greatest polar explorers in history.His many, almost...
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The Whipple Museum of the History of Science, the Sedgwick Museum of Earth Science, the Polar Museum and the Fitzwilliam Museum will all play host during the evening’s events.Offering audience members...
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Doggie day at the Polar Museum
Dogs have long been considered ‘man’s best friend.’ Prehistoric canines – possibly early proto-domesticated dogs – were discovered in the archaeological record living 34,000 BC, at Goyet Cave in...
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Celebrating the centenary of Captain Scott reaching the South Pole
Descendants, politicians, historians and scientists have gathered in Cambridge for a symposium to consider Scott’s scientific, historical and cultural legacy.The Institute’s Director, Professor Julian...
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Lost Captain Scott photos dazzle Parliament
Dozens of MPs and Peers were given rare, personal access to the photos after they were saved for the nation through the efforts of SPRI, with a major grant from HLF, who hosted yesterday’s reception....
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A century on: Captain Scott’s ‘lost photos’ displayed for first time
The University of Cambridge’s Polar Museum concludes this year’s Scott centenary programme with a special exhibition exploring Captain Scott’s personal legacy through his family, his professional...
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Dreaming polar lands with the haunted and damned
In 1845, John Franklin set out from England to find the fabled Northwest Passage through the Arctic and was never seen again. Along with 134 men aboard two ships, he vanished into the great white...
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Final letters mark centenary of Scott’s last march
Captain Robert Falcon Scott, Dr Edward Wilson and Lieutenant Henry Bowers were found in their last camp, on the Ross Ice Shelf in Antarctica, 100 years ago today. They had been trying to make their way...
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Having a Polar Christmas
The Christmas period is upon us once again and we are bombarded by advertisements for gifts and presents, invitations to office parties, and reminders to send Christmas cards to friends all over the...
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Last letter of Captain Scott finally revealed in full - 101 years on
Written by Scott from his final Antarctic camp at the very end of his life in March 1912, the letter to Admiral Sir Francis Bridgeman speaks poignantly of Scott’s anxiety for his family and his hope...
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By Endurance We Conquer: Shackleton and his Men
By Endurance We Conquer: Shackleton and his Men draws on the world’s largest and pre-eminent collection of Shackleton and Endurance artefacts and archives, held in Cambridge, and is the major...
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Endurance descendants to mark centenary by completing ancestor’s unfinished...
A century after Sir Ernest Shackleton’s plan to cross Antarctica was dashed on the ice, the relatives of his party’s chief scientific officer are planning to complete their ancestor’s unfinished...
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Doggie day at the Polar Museum
Dogs have long been considered ‘man’s best friend.’ Prehistoric canines – possibly early proto-domesticated dogs – were discovered in the archaeological record living 34,000 BC, at Goyet Cave in...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Celebrating the centenary of Captain Scott reaching the South Pole
Descendants, politicians, historians and scientists have gathered in Cambridge for a symposium to consider Scott’s scientific, historical and cultural legacy.The Institute’s Director, Professor Julian...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Lost Captain Scott photos dazzle Parliament
Dozens of MPs and Peers were given rare, personal access to the photos after they were saved for the nation through the efforts of SPRI, with a major grant from HLF, who hosted yesterday’s reception....
View ArticleClik here to view.
A century on: Captain Scott’s ‘lost photos’ displayed for first time
The University of Cambridge’s Polar Museum concludes this year’s Scott centenary programme with a special exhibition exploring Captain Scott’s personal legacy through his family, his professional...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Dreaming polar lands with the haunted and damned
In 1845, John Franklin set out from England to find the fabled Northwest Passage through the Arctic and was never seen again. Along with 134 men aboard two ships, he vanished into the great white...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Final letters mark centenary of Scott’s last march
Captain Robert Falcon Scott, Dr Edward Wilson and Lieutenant Henry Bowers were found in their last camp, on the Ross Ice Shelf in Antarctica, 100 years ago today. They had been trying to make their way...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Having a Polar Christmas
The Christmas period is upon us once again and we are bombarded by advertisements for gifts and presents, invitations to office parties, and reminders to send Christmas cards to friends all over the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Last letter of Captain Scott finally revealed in full - 101 years on
Written by Scott from his final Antarctic camp at the very end of his life in March 1912, the letter to Admiral Sir Francis Bridgeman speaks poignantly of Scott’s anxiety for his family and his hope...
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