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Terra Nova: the ship's bell, figure-head, standard compass and binnacle

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 January 2007

Michael C. Tarver
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This note reports on the three relics of Terra Nova, the vessel of R. F. Scott's last expedition, that still exist. These are the ship's bell, which is in the Scott Polar Research Institute, Cambridge, the figurehead held by the National Museum of Wales in Cardiff and the standard compass and binnacle in the Royal Navy's School of Navigation, Portsmouth.

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© 2007 Cambridge University Press