Tag Archives: Antarctica

Antarctic Pickles

The Box The Box | Tavistock Place | Plymouth | Devon PL4 8AX 01752 304774 Email Facebook Twitter Here’s a little quirky story to add to today’s Antarctic theme! In the summer of 2000, Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery received a donation of over 4,000 spirit preserved animals. These historical collections came from Plymouth’sContinue reading “Antarctic Pickles”

Ernest Shackleton

The Box The Box | Tavistock Place | Plymouth | Devon PL4 8AX 01752 304774 Email Facebook Twitter “Superhuman effort isn’t worth a damn unless it achieves results.”Ernest Shackleton Ernest Henry Shackleton is widely known as one of the most inspirational leaders of the twentieth century and a key figure in the ‘Heroic Age ofContinue reading “Ernest Shackleton”

The Discovery Expedition in Pictures

The Box The Box | Tavistock Place | Plymouth | Devon PL4 8AX 01752 304774 Email Facebook Twitter These amazing images are from a collection of personal effects that belonged to a man called Frederick Ernest Dailey (1873-1961).  They are from the National Antarctic Expedition of 1901-1904, otherwise known as the ‘Discovery Expedition’ on whichContinue reading “The Discovery Expedition in Pictures”

From Plymouth to Pole

The Box The Box | Tavistock Place | Plymouth | Devon PL4 8AX 01752 304774 Email Facebook Twitter In 2012, the former Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery developed a major exhibition about Scott of the Antarctic to mark 100 years since he reached the South Pole. The ‘From Plymouth to Pole’ Exhibition was funded by PlymouthContinue reading “From Plymouth to Pole”

Robert Falcon Scott

The Box The Box | Tavistock Place | Plymouth | Devon PL4 8AX 01752 304774 Email Facebook Twitter Early Life Robert Falcon Scott was born on 6 June 1868 at ‘Outlands’ – a small country estate in Stoke Damerel, Devonport (now the Milehouse area of Plymouth). ‘Con’ as his parents called him was the thirdContinue reading “Robert Falcon Scott”

Antarctica and the ‘Heroic Age’

The Box The Box | Tavistock Place | Plymouth | Devon PL4 8AX 01752 304774 Email Facebook Twitter Antarctica is a high, cold, windy and massive continent. It’s completely surrounded by the vast Southern Ocean, half of which freezes in the winter. It’s more than 50 times the size of Britain and 99% of itContinue reading “Antarctica and the ‘Heroic Age’”