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Learn how explorer Robert Falcon Scott's ski overshoes were prepared for display in the new Polar Worlds gallery

This item of the month is a 1970s journal kept by the Merchant Navy's first female navigating cadet, 18 year old Nina Baker on board British Petroleum (BP) Tanker Vessel British Willow. Nina's journal influenced me to explore women's developing role in the Merchant Navy during the second half of the twentieth century and beyond.

Lured by the promise of pink sandy beaches and turquoise-blue seas, millions of tourists visit Bermuda every year. Collaborative Doctoral Student Anna McKay examines the difficulties faced by officials in acquiring labourers to work on the site during the nineteenth century.

Traditionally, Jonathan Hulls had often been credited as the first person to conduct practical experiments involving steam-powered vessels. Why then, is his work not remembered?

The Caird Library has a new display featuring archive and library items connected with crimes and criminals at sea.

The lead paint on this figurehead was once as white as a polar bear's fur. Helen Robertson applied a technique from paper conservation to lighten this 3D object.

Heavily contested at the time of its creation, crafted in secrecy and rebellion, the text of this document is now well known the world over.

Performer and writer Christopher Green is bringing his unique approach to a new interpretation of Elizabeth I inspired by the Armada Portrait in the Queen's House. Working with a team of expert costume designers and makers led by Bronya Arciszewska and Oliver Cronk, Christopher will explore how the most magnificent image of Tudor royalty is assembled layer by layer. What does it mean to be an icon? And how do you construct one?

An intriguing item in the Caird Library rare book collection: 'The Mariners' Marvellous Magazine : or wonders of the ocean : containing the most remarkable adventures and relations of mariners in various parts of the globe' was begging to be introduced.