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Exhibition reunites artworks from Captain Scott’s final expedition – a century on

01 Aug 2016

A new exhibition has reunited the iconic photography of Herbert Ponting with the watercolours of Edward Wilson – more than a century after the two...

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Diaries of Captain Scott's widow secured by Cambridge University Library

26 Apr 2016

The diaries of Captain Scott’s widow – and the papers of her second husband, Lord Kennet – will be made accessible to researchers at Cambridge...

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Head of an albatross caught on Sep. 22 1901 by Edward Adrian Wilson

“Albatross!” The legendary giant seabird

01 Jun 2015

The Cambridge Animal Alphabet series celebrates Cambridge's connections with animals through literature, art, science and society. Here, A is for...

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Last letter of Captain Scott finally revealed in full - 101 years on

29 Mar 2013

A letter written by the dying Captain Scott - one of only two remaining in private hands - can be revealed in full for the first time after being...

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The original 1912 camp

Heroic Age campsite location discovered near summit of Antarctic volcano

14 Dec 2012

A century after members of Captain Scott's Terra Nova Expedition climbed Mount Erebus, the University of Cambridge’s Professor Clive Oppenheimer has...

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This photograph is a composite image made by Ponting to capture the desolation of the Polar Party.

Final letters mark centenary of Scott’s last march

12 Nov 2012

A new collection of the last letters of Captain Scott and the Pole Party has been released to mark the centenary of the discovery of their bodies in...

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PO Edgar Evans with the pony Snatcher, Cape Evans, October 1911

A century on: Captain Scott’s ‘lost photos’ displayed for first time

17 Oct 2012

The ‘lost photos’ of Captain Scott have gone on display for the first time today.

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One of the photos taken by Captain Scott during the Terra Nova expedition

Lost Captain Scott photos dazzle Parliament

04 Jul 2012

The ‘lost’ photographs of Captain Scott’s final expedition to the South Pole, purchased by the Scott Polar Research Institute with the help of the...

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Cecilia McDowall.

Q&A with Scott Centenary Tour composer

01 Feb 2012

The Scott Polar Research Institute is proud to have provided the inspiration for a major new composition by leading British composer, Cecilia...

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Captain Scott writing his journal during the Terra Nova expedition

Conquering the Antarctic: The Scott Centenary Concert Tour

25 Jan 2012

City of London Sinfonia, in collaboration with the Scott Polar Research Institute (SPRI), will embark on an ambitious concert tour in February to...

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Foundering in soft snow: Bowers' sledge team; Wilson pushing; Oates and PO Evans repairing, Beardmore Glacier, 13 December 1911

Celebrating the centenary of Captain Scott reaching the South Pole

17 Jan 2012

Tuesday 17 January 2012 marks the 100th anniversary of the first British team reaching the South Pole. Founded as a memorial to Captain Scott and his...

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Scott writing in his hut during the fateful Terra Nova expedition.

‘These rough notes and our dead bodies…’

06 Dec 2011

The story of the Terra Nova expedition, explored through the letters, diaries and photographs of its members, is to be told during a once-in-a-...

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