William Launcelot Scott Fleming collection 1944-1955

British Graham Land Expedition Antarctic Peninsula 1934-1937

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Scott Polar Research Institute

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The Scott Polar Research Institute was founded in 1920, in Cambridge, as a memorial to Captain Robert Falcon Scott, RN, and his four companions, who died returning from the South Pole in 1912. When Scott's last words, "For God's sake look after our people" were made known to the British nation, the response was tremendous. Scott himself had emphasised the importance of science and from this plea, the Institute was born. The Institute is the oldest international centre for Polar Research withi...

Fleming, Launcelot, 1906-1990

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William Launcelot Scott Fleming and others

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(William) Launcelot Scott Fleming was born on 7 August 1906 at Edinburgh. He was educated at Rugby School and Trinity Hall, Cambridge, graduating with a degree in natural sciences before completing a master's degree in geology at Yale University. On his return to Britain, he entered Westcott House, a Cambridge theological college. In 1932 he participated in the Cambridge University expedition to Vatnajokull in Iceland (leader Brian Birley Roberts) and the following year served as ch...

Roberts Brian Birley 1917-1978

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