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New for this year - meet some of the characters that have made polar history whilst exploring the museum under cover of darkness. Meet Lady Jane Franklin who spent years searching for her husband, lost in the Arctic. Not to mention Captain Robert Falcon Scott himself and even some modern polar explorers!

There are a whopping 14 museums and collections taking part in this year's event. Find out more on the University of Cambridge Museums website.
 

Free, Drop-in event. Tuesday 13 February, 4.30pm – 7.30pm

Science Festival

The brochures are out and the posters are up, bookings for the 2018 Cambridge Science Festival open on 12 February. We're hosting three great events, all following the festival theme of 'the senses'. Find out more on the Festival website.

Chalk and skis

Robert Falcon Scott and Ernest Shackleton are often compared, but not many people ever ask “Which of them was better at drawing cartoon penguins?” Read a blog post by our conservator Sophie Rowe and find out how we care for these rare chalkboard drawings.

Lyell Medal

Congratulations to our Director, Professor Julian Dowdeswell, who has been awarded the 2018 Lyell Medal of the Geological Society of London. The Lyell Medal has been awarded since 1876 and is the Society's highest award for 'soft rock' geology.

Handling collection

Are you a teacher? You can now book the loan of one of our handling collection kits online, making it easier than every to bring polar education to life. Handling collections are free to borrow for one working week (Monday-Friday). Find out more and book using our online form on our website.

RESPONDER

You can learn more about what some of our researchers get up to thanks to the newly launched website for the RESPONDER project. The project is investigating the behaviour of the Greenland Ice Sheet, and particularly looking at what happens at the base of fast moving glaciers on the ice sheet.

Franklin blog

Last summer Rini Smith spent 8 weeks working with us as part of her Museum Studies degree with the University of Leicester. She was researching and updating the information we hold about expeditions led by Sir John Franklin. Here's her brilliant blog post about some the information she found along the way.