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Find events, activities and projects for young people and youth groups at Royal Museums Greenwich

Ever heard that traffic was chock-a-block, been called a son of a gun, or told someone you like the cut of their jib? Learn the maritime origins of phrases you hear every day

This month we take a look into Archive and Library item MSS/75/130/2 concerning Captain Frederick Secker Bell (1897-1973). Bell was educated at the Royal Naval Colleges at Dartmouth, Osborne, Isle of Wight and the Royal Navy Staff College at Greenwich. He served on board the battleship HMS Canada at the battle of Jutland in 1916, received his Captaincy in December 1938 and took command of HMS Exeter a month prior to the declaration of war on September 3 1939.

See Britain's newest polar research ship before it sets sail for the Antarctic, and discover more about polar science and climate research

Time-capsules of their present and windows of our past, shipwrecks can offer new perspectives into life on board

Find out what it's like to live and work in the Antarctic with British Antarctic Survey scientist Joanne Johnson

Learn more about one of the most advanced polar research vessels in the world

Science, exploration and life in extreme environments - visit the Polar Worlds gallery at the National Maritime Museum

Learn more about the afterlives of slaving vessels with Caird Research Fellow Dr Richard Anderson

From first sighting to reaching the South Pole, discover the history of exploring Antarctica