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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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Huskies by Christine Zenino

Doggie day at the Polar Museum

28 Oct 2011

As the centennial anniversary of the first arctic expeditions to the South Pole is celebrated, the Scott Polar Research Institute paid tribute to the...

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Amundsen

UK’s first Amundsen exhibition celebrates extraordinary explorer

02 Sep 2011

The snowshoes, knife and boots belonging to Roald Amundsen as he led the first team to reach the South Pole are among objects on display in the UK’s...

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Art Fund judges' visit to the Polar Museum

Polar Museum short listed for £100,000 Art Fund Prize

19 May 2011

The Polar Museum at Cambridge University's Scott Polar Research Institute, has been short listed for the Art Fund Prize 2011 – the £100,000 prize for...

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Art Fund judges visit the Polar Museum

Cast your vote for the Polar Museum

28 Apr 2011

It’s time to show your love for the Polar Museum at Cambridge University’s Scott Polar Research Institute this weekend.

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One of the pages from the South Polar Times, written by members of the Terra Nova team, 1912

Final newspaper of Captain Scott’s doomed expedition reproduced

31 Mar 2011

The last volume of the expedition newspaper, South Polar Times, written by the men waiting for news of Captain Scott’s return from the South Pole in...

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