Bidding opens for Terra Nova paintingPosted on
An early bid of £750 by email following early promotion was topped by a postal bid of £815 on 2 July for a painting commissioned from polar artist Mike Skidmore by the Trustees of British Antarctic Monument Trust. The oil painting of SS Terra Nova …
Remembering Tom Allan 1940-1966Posted on
On a steep hillside above Innerleithen in the Scottish Borders, on a gloriously warm and sunny Sunday afternoon, a unique memorial to Tom Allan was unveiled by his relatives. The Memorial, sculptured by his niece Marion Hughes, was a copy in stone o…
Ceremony for Tom Allan 27 MayPosted on
Tom Allan's niece Marion Hughes has completed carving a stone replica of the wooden plaque carved by Tom Allen in 1965 -6 and placed in the bar at Stonington. There will be an unveiling ceremony at 2.00pm on Sunday 27 May at St Ronan’s Well, Innerlie…Meredith Hooper, Antarctic historian and BAMT supporter 1939-2025
Meredith Hooper, Antarctic historian and author, died on 27 December 2025 at her home in London. She was a Visiting Scholar at the Scott Polar Research Institute and Wolfson College, Cambridge University and a trustee of the Brussels-based International Polar Foundation and the UK Antarctic Herita… Full Story...