Today has been a rainy day, so we thought it might be a good day to check out one of Cambridge University’s free museums. The Polar Museum is fairly close to the house, so we headed there about mid-day for a visit. The museum presents information on the history of arctic and Antarctic exploration as well as polar artefacts, photographs, and written materials.
We weren’t the only ones who had the idea to spend a rainy day in a museum as the relatively small site was fairly busy.
It was completed in 1934
and has always housed polar researchers and artifacts.
proving that this type of exploration was not for the faint of heart.
The Scott Polar Institute, where the museum is based was formed in memory of Robert Scott who led two expeditions to Antarctica. On the first one, he set a record for going as far south as anyone had until that time. On the 2nd one, he missed being the first team to reach the South Pole by 35 days to Roald Amundsen, a Norwegian. He and his men never made it back.
Don’t believe he’s been to either pole, but he is snowy white
and has been known to get out and explore his own neighborhood.
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