Scott Polar Research Institute

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The Scott Polar Research Institute is a world-renowned center at the University of Cambridge dedicated to the study of the Arctic and Antarctic, encompassing polar research, archives, and a public museum.

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Polar Research Group 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf archive
museum
polar research center
research institute
affiliation University of Cambridge NERFINISHED
collectionContains polar expedition diaries
polar expedition photographs
polar exploration artifacts
polar maps
polar scientific instruments
collectionFocus Antarctic
Arctic region
surface form: Arctic

indigenous Arctic cultures
polar exploration
polar science history
country United Kingdom
fieldOfWork Antarctic studies
Arctic studies
climatology
environmental science
geography
glaciology
polar history
polar research
foundedBy Frank Debenham
Franklin Evans
Raymond Priestley
hasAcademicUnit Scott Polar Research Institute self-linksurface differs
surface form: Polar Research Group
hasPart Polar Museum
library
manuscript collection
map collection
photographic collection
polar archives
inception 1920
1920s
locatedIn Cambridge, England
surface form: Cambridge

England
University of Cambridge NERFINISHED
museumType history museum
science museum
namedAfter Robert Falcon Scott
offers MPhil programmes
PhD supervision
graduate research opportunities
openToPublic yes
partOf Cambridge University
surface form: University of Cambridge
researchFocus climate change in polar regions
glaciers
indigenous peoples of the Arctic
permafrost
polar environmental policy
polar governance
sea ice

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