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Documenting polar exploration

The long history of polar expeditions is explored in these photographs, paintings and artefacts from the Royal Geographical Society’s archives
To thoroughly record the early expeditions into the remote and inhospitable polar regions, specimens and measurements would be taken, charts drawn, paintings daubed and photographs captured. Here, a selection of artefacts and images from both Arctic and Antarctic voyages capture the highs and lows of life at the poles

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November 2009

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