An insight into the perceptive mind of 19th century geologist Sir Archibald Geikie
Author: Jo Woolf
‘A born leader of men’: Sir Ernest Shackleton in Edinburgh
On a freezing winter night, an enthusiastic audience gathered to hear one of the greatest polar heroes of them all
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‘The Flying Years’
A beautiful poem, published anonymously in 1926 but attributed to the Australian explorer Sir Hubert Wilkins
Horses’ heads to the east, and other rules of RSGS membership
It’s 1886, and we’re celebrating the second anniversary of the Society with an elegant ‘conversazione’ – but be careful where you park your horse
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Isobel Wylie Hutchison: the Calling of Bride
A gentle Scotswoman whose love of botany drew her to the lands of the far north
