The Scott Polar Research Institute, 1920–70

Polar Record ◽  
1971 ◽  
Vol 15 (97) ◽  
pp. 451-452 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. de Q. Robin
Keyword(s):  
Fiftieth Anniversary ◽  
University Of Cambridge ◽  
Polar Research Institute ◽  
The University ◽  
Research Institute

By a Grace, dated 26 November 1920, the Senate of the University of Cambridge approved an earlier recommendation of the Council of the Senate “That the University would welcome the establishment of the proposed Polar Research Institute at Cambridge.…” Frank Debenham's “Retrospect”, written to mark the twenty-fifth anniversary of this date, told of the circumstances that led to the formation of the Institute, and of its aims and facilities. Now, to mark the fiftieth anniversary of that date, a brief note seems appropriate.

Professor Frank Debenham Founder and First Director of the Scott Polar Research Institute-An Appreciation

Polar Record ◽  
1947 ◽  
Vol 5 (33-34) ◽  
pp. 4-5
Author(s):  
Hugh Robert Mill
Keyword(s):  
Highest Good ◽  
University Of Cambridge ◽  
Polar Research Institute ◽  
The University ◽  
Research Institute

The highest good that life can confer upon anyone is to see a piece of work, begun in a moment of inspiration, prepared on a wall-considered plan, and completed to perfection by one's own efforts, and on this rare and happy achievement we offer our heartiest congratulations to Professor Debenham.In No. 29 of The Polar Record he has told the whole story of the inception, rise and progress of the Scott Polar Research Institute of the University of Cambridge. It is a prose saga of high ideals and great deeds modestly stated in the graceful flow of words of which he is a master.Many of us had deplored the waste of effort in so many great polar expeditions, each undertaken afresh with scant help from the scattered original records of earlier work, each ending with its members dispersed and the accumulated data scattered once more; but it was Frank Debenham alone who formulated the remedy.

The new constitution of the Scott Polar Research Institute

Polar Record ◽  
1957 ◽  
Vol 8 (56) ◽  
pp. 412-418 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Full Text ◽  
Comprehensive Collection ◽  
Polar Research Institute ◽  
The University ◽  
Temporary Accommodation ◽  
Research Institute

In the last issue of the Polar Record an impending readjustment of the constitution of the Scott Polar Research Institute was announced. This was formally approved by the University on 23 February 1957, and comes into force as from 1 January 1957. The following is the full text of the report of the General Board of the University:The General Board beg leave to report to the University as follows:1. The principle of the establishment of a Scott Polar Research Institute and the provision of temporary accommodation for it in the Sedgwick Museum of Geology were approved by Grace 4 of 26 November 1920 on recommendations contained in a Report, dated 11 November 1920, of the Council of the Senate on the proposed establishment and endowment of an institute for polar research as a memorial to Captain Scott. The essential features of the institute which the Council recommended for establishment were stated in the preamble of the Council's Report as including:1. A comprehensive collection of all polar literature into a library.

Freeze Frame: historic polar images

Polar Record ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 43 (4) ◽  
pp. 366-368
Author(s):  
Huw Lewis-Jones
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Visual Culture ◽  
Polar Regions ◽  
Research Project ◽  
University Of Cambridge ◽  
The World ◽  
Iconic Images ◽  
Polar Research Institute ◽  
World Class ◽  
Research Institute

ABSTRACTSince the development of photography in the mid-nineteenth century, exploration has created iconic images of the polar regions. A new two-year research project, entitled Freeze Frame, using the world-class collections at the Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge, will bring this remarkable visual culture forward for new audiences.

The Marginal Ice Zone Experiment (MIZEX) 1984: Scott Polar Research Institute participation

Polar Record ◽  
1985 ◽  
Vol 22 (140) ◽  
pp. 505-510 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Wadhams
Keyword(s):  
Sea Ice ◽  
Greenland Sea ◽  
University Of Cambridge ◽  
Pressure Ridge ◽  
Marginal Ice Zone ◽  
Polar Research Institute ◽  
Surface Measurements ◽  
Ice Edge ◽  
Made In ◽  
Research Institute

AbstractThe Sea Ice Group of the Scort Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge, took part in the international Marginal Ice Zone Experiment 1984 (MIZEX 84) from 12 June to 26 July, operating from icebreaker FS Polarstern and chartered sealing vessel Kvitbjørn in the Greenland Sea. Observations included measurement of ice edge kinetics, wave-ice interactions and upper ocean structure and processes; ocean surface measurements and pressure ridge profile studies were also made in the same area during a post-MIZEX cruise in MS Lance.

scholarly journals Gordon de Quetteville Robin

Polar Record ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 41 (2) ◽  
pp. 177-181 ◽  
Author(s):  
David J. Drewry
Keyword(s):  
International Collaboration ◽  
Early Age ◽  
Academic Subject ◽  
University Of Cambridge ◽  
Polar Research Institute ◽  
Research Institute

Gordon de Quetteville Robin died on 21 September 2004 at the age of 83. During his life he contributed significantly and innovatively to his own academic subject of glaciology and, persuaded of the high value of cooperation between national groups at an early age, promoted actively and effectively the cause of international collaboration in Antarctica. He raised the profile and contribution to polar research of the Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge, to a new peak during his influential directorship between 1958 and 1982.

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