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
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
“They lit their pipes by the midnight sun with the aid of a burning glass.”
read more Voices from the Antarctic: Scott and Shackleton at the RSGS
In 1904, when Shackleton took up his post as Secretary of the RSGS, his arrival caused quite a stir…
read more Sir Ernest Shackleton: a driving force at the RSGS
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
On a freezing winter night, an enthusiastic audience gathered to hear one of the greatest polar heroes of them all
read more ‘A born leader of men’: Sir Ernest Shackleton in Edinburgh
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