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The Antarctic Monument Trust reaches goals

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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 yea…
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Latest edition of Update

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The Trust has just published the 2021 edition of our newsletter. The Update has news of recent additions to the Antarctic Gazetteer with names of places named after personnel who died; news of the Northern Monument at the Scott Polar Research Institu…
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Antarctic place-names for all who did not return

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All 29 men and women who “did not return” from British Antarctic Territory have now been honoured by a geographical feature being named for them. The UK Antarctic Place-names Committee took the historic step of naming a place for each of …
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Wednesday, January 7th 2026

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...
Thursday, December 4th 2025

Supermoon

The December supermoon called appropriately the Cold Moon rises over Stanley Harbour, Falklands bathing the southern element of the Antarctic Monument in gold and silver light. Simon Lancaster, Head of Supply Chain at British Antarctic Survey was out with a camera at 22:00 to capture this wonderf… Full Story...
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