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Recent news. Recent news. Twice as much water on Antarctica’s ice shelves than previously thought. ... 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

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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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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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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

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Penguins from Space: A New Satellite Census Doubles the Known Population of Emperors. ... Fox's Flagship News Show Performs 5-year Dance Around Greenland Ice Loss.

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While the design work was underway, money was raised to pay for the new library. ... The new rotunda makes sense of all this. Various nicely handled touches have been added to the existing building in the form of ceiling lighting systems and areas of

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In yet another field Herbert Ponting’s work set new standards in photographing nature.