These incredible women set off for the furthest reaches of the globe, from the Gobi Desert to Arctic Canada, and their books are a lasting tribute to their achievements
read more Free spirits: 5 women explorers and travel writers
Celebrating some of the extraordinary lecturers who visited the Royal Scottish Geographical Society in its early years…
read more Lecturers at the RSGS: the mystic, the future king, and the man who brought shrunken heads
In 1904, when Shackleton took up his post as Secretary of the RSGS, his arrival caused quite a stir…
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A wonderful book telling the lesser-known stories of exploration – of the wives who were left behind, and those who went with their husbands into the unknown
An insight into the perceptive mind of 19th century geologist Sir Archibald Geikie
Jo Woolf 