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Robert Scott and Ernest Shackleton were comrades on their first Antarctic adventure but the expedition would sow the seeds of future rivalry.
Nel Law’s voyage to Antarctica and back, through the choppy waters of a longstanding marriage, is the story of a woman’s right to be, to change, to grow and to love.
Scientists just grew plants in soil from the Moon, but Antarctica has long provided researchers with the perfect place to test their agricultural techniques for a future in space.
A series of misfortunes and bad decisions led to the untimely death of the arctic explorer Captain Scott and his team.
The resting place of Shackleton’s ill-fated ship is now an international heritage site, and a reminder of how Antarctica’s place in our collective consciousness has changed since the ‘heroic age’.
Accurately calculating a ship’s position by hand in 1915 was easy compared to what the New Zealand-born navigator Frank Worsley had to do next.
A strong mind was key to surviving the monotony faced by Antarctic explorers enduring the isolation of long, remote winters.
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Assistant Professor of History, Texas Tech University
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Fellow at the Institute of Historical Research, School of Advanced Study, University of London
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Senior lecturer, Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania
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Associate Professor in Environmental History, University of Tasmania
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Professor of Polar Geodesy and ARC Laureate Fellow, University of Tasmania
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Professor of Earth Sciences, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington; Earth Sciences New Zealand