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UK in the Wider World

Despite being a relatively small nation, the UK is an influential player on the international stage.

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Saving our seas

A look into the impacts of plastic in the oceans

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Exploring Shackleton's Antarctica infographic

An infographic comparing Shackleton's voyage to the Endurance22 expedition

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Who is Polar Prem and what is the Seals from Space project?

Conservationist Prem Gill talks to us about his latest research project dubbed ‘Seals from Space’, and how you can make grime music from seal calls!

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Discovering Antarctica

The world's last great wilderness

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Protecting vulnerable sites from tourism damage

Tourists are increasingly looking beyond the standard destinations and instead are favouring more unusual holiday activities in more distant places

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Exploring Shackleton’s Antarctica

The aim of the module is to develop an enquiry on the Polar region of Antarctica focusing on Shackleton’s 1914–17 Endurance Expedition

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Antarctic Glaciers: Pine Island

In January 2014 new research revealed that Pine Island Glacier in Antarctica was much more susceptible to climate change and ocean variability than previously thought

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The Antarctic Treaty

Henry Burgess is the Deputy Head of the Polar Regions Department at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office

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Antarctic glaciers

Dr Bethan Davies is a post-doctoral researcher at the Institute of Geography and Earth Sciences Aberystwyth University

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Subject knowledge animation: Shackleton

An insight into Shackleton's Endurance expedition.

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Antarctica - extreme wilderness

In 1895, the International Geographical Congress claimed 'the exploration of the Antarctic region is the greatest piece of geographical exploration still to be undertaken'.

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Passport to the Poles

Passport to the Poles uses the Polar First record-breaking helicopter journey by Jennifer Murray and Colin Bodill around the world via the two Polar Regions as a focus for stimulating and engaging educational resources

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