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Planning permission for sculpture in Cambridge

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Cambridge City Council has given planning permission for the northern part of the monumental sculpture which is to be sited alongside the Scott Polar Research Institute in Cambridge.The sculpture is made of two large pieces of smooth British oak repr…
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Scott's great legacy

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Three thousand pounds was raised at the event organised with the National Museum Wales to mark the departure from Cardiff of Captain Scott's ill-fated Terra Nova expedition on 15 June 1910.  The people of Wales and in particular the businessmen of Ca…
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Captain Scott Centenary Lecture Poster Captain Scott Centenary Event, Cardiff

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An event to mark the departure of Scott's Terra Nova expedition from Cardiff June 1910 organised by the British Antarctic Monument Trust in partnership with National Museum WalesDr David Wilson, the Antarctic historian whose great uncle Edward Wilso…
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Sunday, February 11th 2024

First permanent base established 80 years ago today

Base A was established as part of Operation Tabarin at Port Lockroy on Goudier Island, near Wiencke Island, on 11th February 1944 and occupied by 9 men during the 1944 winter. This was the first permanent base in Antarctica and is still occupied today. Named after the Tabarin nightclub in Paris, thi… Full Story...
Friday, November 19th 2021

The Antarctic Monument Trust reaches goals

Having achieved its goals the British Antarctic Monument Trust is planning to wind up its affairs by making a donation of £12,000 to the Scott Polar Research Institute in recognition of the support it has given to the Trust over a number of years. A similar donation is to made to the Falkland … Full Story...
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