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New York Times essay by Stephen Lezak. 22nd March, 2024. has published a guest essay in the New York Times today responding to the recent rejection of the proposed Anthropocene epoch ... New study finds flow of the Greenland Ice Sheet more complex than

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SPRI Review 2010 online. 18th August 2011. New sections on SPRI in the news and Press release. ... 10th January. Added a new section on workshops taking place at the Institute.

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Explore the hidden histories of the Polar Museum in this new label display. ... From the female figures in polar history to the origins of Inuit art; follow the stories around the museum exhibits and discover something new.

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The controversial case of Sir Edgar Speyer, the Anglo-German merchant-banker and Scott's major fundraiser , has been taken up in a new book, Banker, Traitor, Scapegoat, Spy?

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Creativity: FoSPRI enables Artists and Musicians in Residence to create new work in response to direct experience of polar environments, enabled by partnership with the Royal Navy.

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Some possible research topics for the coming year are listed. We are actively seeking new research students in all subject areas contained on this website.

Thursday, September 10th, 2020. During lockdown, I have been working on a new temporary exhibition which will celebrate SPRI’s centenary year. ... The Polar Library. In its hundred year history, SPRI has continually adapted to new challenges and

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PhD – Doctoral research. We are actively seeking new PhD research students across all subject areas presented across the SPRI webpages.

Archives. You will increase our capacity for research through the funding of new research posts in polar environmental sciences and polar social sciences, enabling us to analyse and communicate the issues

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Bonhams, New Bond Street, London. 2-19 August 2016, open weekdays 10am-4pm, ENTRY FREE. ... Making use of the Scott Polar Research Institute's historical collections, the exhibition will also show examples of Captain Scott's photography from the

Archive of previous news. Polar Museum short listed for Museum of the Year. ... 2011) for the following topic - 'Knowledges, resources and legal regimes: the new geopolitics of the Polar Regions'.

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