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By extracting ice cores from Antarctica, scientists are able to travel more than 800,000 years back into Earth’s climate history

Learn how to make your own log line and measure speed in knots!

This month we take a look at an item from the Historical Records Collection of the Caird Library and Archive: the Instrument of Surrender of the Japanese forces at Hong Kong.

For many, Charles Dickens is synonymous with Christmas jollity. However, there was a darker side to Dickens’ work. Not only did he repeatedly refer in his novels and articles to the contemporary filth of the Thames, which culminated in the Great Stink crisis of 1858, he was also actively involved in kick-starting the reform programmes to resolve the issue.

Assistant Curator Alex Grover gives a brief insight into his ongoing research into this small but significant collection of polar photographs

Watch what happened when a group of young people went behind the scenes at the Prince Philip Maritime Collections Centre

Your favourite photos from this year's Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition

For over 200 years, British shipowners and companies have recruited sailors from the Indian Ocean region, more commonly known as lascars. These seamen have worked, fought and died on board British vessels yet have not always been given the recognition they deserve. The Caird Library and Archive holds phrasebooks which aimed to capture the language spoken by this diverse group of people serving on board European ships.

We have all heard the saying ‘clothes maketh the man’. Perhaps it’s doubly true for women – especially those women who disguised themselves in order to run away to sea.

Listen to Lewisham students respond to key paintings in the National Maritime Museum's major exhibition