Last week, the inaugural Micro Arctic Climates MACS conference at SPRI provided an opportunity to explore how Arctic communities can utilise scientific and cultural data to better understand the changes that may occur in their regions.  Learn more about the conference here: en.uit.no/project/macs...

Micro Arctic Climates Conference 2025 | UiT

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A fun morning with artist Rowan Huntley recording🎙️for our upcoming #sciart exhibition at @scottpolar.bsky.social "Through Ice & Fire". 👇 www.spri.cam.ac.uk/museum/exhib... Opens 12 September in Cambridge, UK! @bas.ac.uk #Antarctica 🧪❄️🥼🎨

Come and see our library display curated by two of our Museum volunteers, Dora & Freya. The display explores the development of Victorian Alpine exploration, the first successful ascent of the Matterhorn, and the history of wood engravings, illustrated through the work of Edward Whymper.

Check out this BBC article for a few quotes from SPRI staff alongside exciting footage of the Terra Nova shipwreck.

Terra Nova: Captain Scott’s polar ship filmed on the sea floor

The Terra Nova carried Captain Scott and his men on their doomed expedition to the South Pole.

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📢Super-excited to announce the opening on 12 Sept of a new art-science 🎨🔬exhibition at @scottpolar.bsky.social in Cambridge, UK! My @bas.ac.uk work interpreted by artist Rowan Huntley. Free to visit, suitable for all ages, showing for 9 months 👍 More info: www.spri.cam.ac.uk/museum/exhib... 🧪❄️🥼🎨

Our upcoming exhibition, 'Through Ice & Fire', opens on 12 September at the Polar Museum. A fusion of contemporary art and cutting-edge Antarctic research, the exhibition connects geology and our industrial past with the science of glaciers, ice sheets and the climate. @geologicaljo.bsky.social

The Polar Museum has been closed this week for essential mantainance. However, we're very pleased to announce that we are now able to open a day earlier than planned on Saturday 9th August!

There's still places left for Arctic artist Lesley Burr's 'Tea & Talk' at the Polar Museum, on Wednesday 9th July (11am to 12 noon). Book here now: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/tea-talk-with-lesley-burr-2019-arctic-residency-to-baffin-island-tickets-1419148644799?msockid=2b26feb975a168810e3eedad74996924

Spent a great day at @scottpolar.bsky.social and the Polar Museum today, thanks to Albert van Wijngaarden and Jean de Pomereu: excellent discussions, a great library, and a wonderful little museum!

This June & always, SPRI aims to create an environment where everyone is valued & accepted. It's a diverse, inclusive, welcoming space for everybody. This illustration depicts the Southern Lights in all its multicoloured glory. This natural phenomenon inspires great polar pride.

Calling all art lovers - our newest temporary exhibition, Painting the Poles, is now open to view in the Temporary Gallery space at the Polar Museum, Tuesday - Saturday, 10am - 4pm. Read more about each of the eight artists here: www.spri.cam.ac.uk/museum/exhib...

I just discovered myself in this @bas.ac.uk podcast! All about women working in #Antarctica, in my case remote geological fieldwork and leaving family behind. #geology Some great stories here 👇 🧪❄️🥼 🇦🇶 www.bas.ac.uk/media/icewor...

Iceworld Podcast - British Antarctic Survey

Out now, an International Women’s Day special episode ‘Women at the poles – with Jane Francis, Jo Johnson, Katy Rumm, Vicky Auld, Laura Taylor, and Kat Turner’ – a look …

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The Polar Archives will be one of over 30 archives, museums and libraries taking part in the 2025 Archives & Collections Fair. Thinking of using the archives in your research? Come along and meet the specialists who care for them! 📆13 March, 12 - 4pm 📌Student Services Centre, Cambridge