Scott Polar Research InstitutePicture Library catalogue
Many of the 100,000 photographs in the Scott Polar Research Institute photograph collection have been digitised. The online Picture Library catalogue offers everyone access to this exceptional collection. Original captions have been used where known.
How to order copies of these images for: commercial use or private use.
There are 29 collections currently available online, covering some 26,694 images:
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Antarctic Relief Expeditions 1902-04
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British Arctic Air Route Expedition 1930-31
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British Arctic Expedition 1875-76
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British Antarctic Expedition 1907-09
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British Antarctic Expedition 1910-13
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British Arctic Expedition 1937-38
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British Expedition to Graham Land 1920-22
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British Franklin Search Expedition, 1857-59
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British Graham Land Expedition 1934-37
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British National Antarctic Expedition 1901-04
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British Naval Northwest Passage Expedition 1845-1848
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Cambridge Bjørnøya (Bear Island) Expedition, 1932
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Cambridge East Greenland Expedition, 1933
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Cambridge Expedition to Vatnajökull, 1932
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Eclipse and Maud Voyages 1888-89
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HMS Carnarvon Castle 1943
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HMS Exeter, 1938
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Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition 1914-1916
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Leigh Smith Arctic Expeditions 1880-82
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Modern Photograph Collection
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Norwegian British Swedish Antarctic Expedition 1949-52
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Oxford University Arctic Expedition, 1935-36
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Oxford University Ellesmere Land Expedition, 1934-35
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Pan Am East Greenland Expedition 1932-33
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South Georgia North Coast Expedition 1979-80
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South Georgia Survey 1951-57
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Scottish National Antarctic Expedition 1902-04
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Shackleton-Rowett Antarctic Expedition 1921-22
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United States Navy Antarctic Expeditions Operation Deep Freeze 1955-98
Related collections
The Institute's museum catalogue is in the process of being put online.
Further information
Every effort has been made to ensure that the records are accurate. For additional information on any item, please contact the Picture Library Manager.
Please note that the inclusion of a record in the catalogue does not mean that items are currently on display in the Museum.
To order a copy of any picture in the catalogue, please see details of how to order copies. You will need to state the picture number(s).
Publication-quality photographs of museum objects can also be produced on request, subject to any copyright or conservation restrictions.
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