Manchester Histories Festival - 24 February - 4 March 2012

Scott of the Antarctic and Manchester: the Untold Story

Dr Max Jones, author of The Last Great Quest, editor of the Oxford World’s Classics edition of Scott’s last Journals and lecturer at The University of Manchester, is one of our leading polar historians reveals for the first time the leading roles which the citizens of Manchester played in Scott’s last expedition.

The talk is delivered in partnership with the Royal Geographic Society.

Black and white Royal Geographic Society logo

Dates

Thu 1 Mar 2012 6pm - 7.30pm

Venue

Manchester Museum

The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL

Price

£6, £4 concession

Tickets

Tickets
Book online here
Phone
0843 208 0500

More information

Phone
0161 306 1982
Email
info@manchesterhistor...

Suitable for

18+

Event category

Science

Event type

Talks

You might also like...

A black and white mosaic of images from Clarion Club life

The Clarion - a paper, a movement, a way of life

Fri 24 Feb 2012 1pm - 5pm & Wed 29 Feb 2012 to Fri 2 Mar 2012
1.00pm - 5.00pm
at Working Class Movement Library

Colour image of the Head for the Hills Mosaic

Head for the Hills

Sat 3 Mar 2012 3.30pm - 4.30pm at Friends' Meeting House

Colour photo of Chinese dragon in Chinatown

Chinatowntour

Tue 28 Feb 2012 11am - 12.30pm