Sir Ernest Shackleton: a driving force at the RSGS
In 1904, when Shackleton took up his post as Secretary of the RSGS, his arrival caused quite a stir…
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Fanny Bullock Workman – a woman of substance
Mountaineer, geographer, lecturer, and fearless campaigner for women’s rights – Fanny Bullock Workman was a remarkable woman
Things they said: Sir Archibald Geikie
An insight into the perceptive mind of 19th century geologist Sir Archibald Geikie
‘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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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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