New Society membership card image revealed
The photograph selected to feature on our 2024 membership card is Beautiful broken ice, reflections and Terra Nova by Herbert Ponting. This view of the Terra Nova in McMurdo Sound was taken on 7 January 1911 shortly after the ship reached Antarctica.
Herbert G. Ponting, whose photography skills were self-taught, was enlisted in 1910 as Captain Robert Falcon Scott's photographer on the ill-fated British Antarctic Expedition to the South Pole (1910-1913). Alongside the work of the team of scientists, Ponting’s images aided geographical and natural discovery.
Remaining with the crew for almost 14 months, Ponting took over 1,000 impressively balanced and composed images which documented in exceptional detail the journey and daily life of the expedition’s early months.
Fellows and Members will receive this new card when they join or renew their membership throughout 2024. Not yet a member? and discover the new and previously untold stories our planet’s people and places have to share.
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Pocket globes and porcelain maps
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New Chartered Geographers approved by the Society’s Council
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Thursday 18 Apr 2024 - RGS-IBG news
Dr Lola Fatoyinbo awarded Esmond B. Martin Royal Geographical Society Prize
The second annual Esmond B. Martin Royal Geographical Society Prize will be presented this evening to Dr Lola Fatoyinbo.
Monday 8 Apr 2024