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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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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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Heroic Age campsite location discovered near summit of Antarctic volcano
The first known visitor to the site since Scott's men left, his search was based on written accounts and historic images from the Scott Polar Research Institute.Following his discovery, co-ordinated...
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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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Race against time to save Captain Scott’s ‘lost’ photographic negatives
The Polar Museum needs to raise £275,000 in less than a month to avoid the prospect of the 113 photographic negatives being sold off at auction. The negatives represent an extraordinary visual record...
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Sir Ranulph Fiennes steps in to help save Captain Scott’s polar negatives...
Due to the overwhelming level of public support and assistance from public bodies and charities, The Scott Polar Research Institute has already raised a fifth of the purchase price of £275,000 in just...
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Captain Scott’s 'lost' photographic negatives saved for the nation
The Polar Museum at the Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge, is proud to announce that it has successfully raised the £275,000 needed to be able to purchase the 113 photographic...
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“Albatross!” The legendary giant seabird
Scroll to the end of the article to listen to the podcast.In June 1910 Dr Edward Wilson set sail from Cardiff to Antarctica on board the Terra Nova as the Chief of the Scientific Staff on the British...
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Diaries of Captain Scott's widow secured by Cambridge University Library
Kathleen Scott, the sculptor and widow of Captain Robert Falcon Scott, married journalist and politician Hilton Young, 1st Baron Kennet, in 1922. Her papers include diaries covering a period of over 35...
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Exhibition reunites artworks from Captain Scott’s final expedition – a...
Visions of the Great White South opens at Bonhams in Bond Street on August 2 and uses collections from the fateful Terra Nova expedition, held by the Scott Polar Research Institute at the University of...
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