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  • LectureAnne Strathie posing for a photo in front of the natural harbour on Deception Island.

    A history of polar exploration in 50 objects

    Writer, biographer and researcher Anne Strathie shares stories of objects from key periods in polar exploration history, from Cook’s circumnavigations in the 1770s to the aviation age of the early 1930s.

    Grantham
    Open to all
    Wednesday 25 February 2026
    £10.00 - £14.00
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  • LectureBlack and white photograph of Apsley Cherry Garrard sat at a desk with a typewriter

    The very worst journey in the world

    In this Be Inspired talk, Hugh Turner revisits the challenges and terrors of 'The very worst journey in the world'.

    London and online
    Open to all
    Monday 2 March 2026
    Free
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  • Monday Night LectureExtreme sleeper dangled off cliff edge during sunset.

    Wayfarer: an outsider's way into geography and place

    Join adventurer, multi-award-winning travel writer and 2025 Ness Award recipient, Phoebe Smith, for a lecture exploring how nature and place can offer a pathway to salvation.

    London and online
    Members + one guest
    Monday 2 March 2026
    Free
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Latest news

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Society's Collections feature in groundbreaking exhibition

This week sees the launch of an exciting new exhibition, drawing on the Society’s historic Collections on Everest and the wider Himalayas and making use of the vast swathes of Collections material.

Friday 20 Feb 2026
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New report on The State of Geography in UK Higher Education

Monday 16 Feb 2026
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Society joins Greater Manchester schools and universities to showcase geography careers

Wednesday 11 Feb 2026
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Wednesday 11 Feb 2026
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