Antarctic

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Endurance descendants to mark centenary by completing ancestor’s unfinished business

18 Nov 2015

The family of the chief scientific officer from Ernest Shackleton’s famous Endurance expedition are to mark its centenary by completing part of his...

Sir Ernest Shackleton, pictured during the Endurance expedition

By Endurance We Conquer: Shackleton and his Men

13 Oct 2015

Ernest Shackleton’s Endurance diaries and boots – as well as the largest remaining piece of the doomed vessel – have gone on display in Cambridge...

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...

Team sets out to research Antarctic ice loss

09 Sep 2013

Scientists from Cambridge University are joining a team of British researchers embarking on an ambitious mission to the Antarctic to learn more about...

Aerial photograph of sample location: an unnamed peninsula at Lazarev Bay on the northwest coast of Alexander Island

Moss growth in Antarctica linked to climate change

29 Aug 2013

Increases in temperature on the Antarctic Peninsula during the latter part of the 20th century were accompanied by an acceleration in moss growth...

Paul Coldwell Exhibition at The Polar Museum

30 May 2013

To celebrate his year-long research project at the Scott Polar Research Institute (SPRI), internationally renowned artist Paul Coldwell will launch...

Captain Scott writing in his Antarctic hut, before the expedition that cost him his life, Credit: Scott Polar Research Institute

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...

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...