Tuesday 17 January 2012 marks the 100th anniversary of the first British team reaching the South Pole. Founded as a memorial to Captain Scott and his four companions, the Scott Polar Research Institute (SPRI) is marking the occasion with two days of celebrations.
In the eleventh of a series of reports contributed by Cambridge researchers, glaciologists Dr Ian Willis and Alison Banwell watch as a lake disappears before their eyes.
̽»¨Ö±²¥story of the Terra Nova expedition, explored through the letters, diaries and photographs of its members, is to be told during a once-in-a-lifetime exhibition at Cambridge ̽»¨Ö±²¥â€™s Polar Museum.
A film documenting the disappearing oral traditions of the northernmost settled people on Earth offers a glimpse into how their way of life is threatened by climate change.
Imagine a world in which there is no difference between blue and black or green and blue. A world where there are hundreds of different types of snow.
̽»¨Ö±²¥Polar Museum at Cambridge ̽»¨Ö±²¥'s Scott Polar Research Institute, has been short listed for the Art Fund Prize 2011 – the £100,000 prize for the ‘Museum of the Year’.
It’s time to show your love for the Polar Museum at Cambridge ̽»¨Ö±²¥â€™s Scott Polar Research Institute this weekend.
̽»¨Ö±²¥last volume of the expedition newspaper, South Polar Times, written by the men waiting for news of Captain Scott’s return from the South Pole in the Antarctic winter of 1912, has just been published in a limited edition by the Scott Polar Research Institute.
Cambridge ̽»¨Ö±²¥ glaciologist Professor Julian Dowdeswell has spent three years of his life in the polar regions.
<p>Members of NATO and Russian Federation will have their first ever open dialogue on the future of international security in the Arctic this week, amid growing concerns about the consequences of climate change in the region.<br />
 
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