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Antarctic explorer Captain Scott died 110 years ago. But what led to his death?

by RGS-IBG Managing Editor: Academic PublicationsApril 11, 2022April 7, 2022
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Endurance captain Frank Worsley, Shackleton’s gifted navigator, knew how to stay the course

by RGS-IBG Managing Editor: Academic PublicationsMarch 15, 2022March 17, 2022
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Why is alcohol thought to be relaxing? Victorian and Edwardian explorers might hold the clue

by RGS-IBG Managing Editor: Academic PublicationsJanuary 25, 2022February 1, 2022
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Maximum and minimum thermometers used by Joseph Thomson on the Royal Geographical Society expedition through Masailand in 1883.
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When things do wrong: instruments, failure and geographical knowledge

by RGS-IBG Managing Editor: Academic PublicationsJune 20, 2019June 20, 2019
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Visualising History: Geography, Art and Exhibitions

by fionaferbracheSeptember 11, 2012September 11, 2012
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RGS-IBG New Content Alert: Early View Articles (25th May 2012)

by anonuserMay 25, 2012June 11, 2014
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