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Solar eclipses explained
Find out everything you wanted to know about partial and total solar eclipses, including when to see them in the UK
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HMS Terror and Erebus - the story of Franklin's lost expedition
Find out more about the history of Franklin's fatal voyage, and the continuing work to explore the Erebus and Terror shipwrecks
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Husband, father, son - lost in the Arctic
We know a lot about Sir John Franklin. By the time he led the expedition to the Arctic in 1845, he was a household name, a naval hero and one of the Navy's leading magnetic scientists. But what of the other 128 men who died on this fatal expedition? What do we know about them? Jeremy Michell investigates the life of the ship's cook, John Diggle.
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Sir Ernest Shackleton
Discover the remarkable journey Shackleton undertook to save his crew from death.
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RRS Sir David Attenborough – timeline and key dates
Follow the timeline of the new polar research ship, from naming and construction to sea trials and beyond
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Stand on the Prime Meridian Line
Visit the historic Prime Meridian of the World at the Royal Observatory Greenwich