Royal Geographical Society
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The Royal Geographical Society, often shortened to RGS, is a learned society and professional body for geography based in the United Kingdom. Founded in 1830 for the advancement of geographical scienc
Main entrance from the Exhibition Road extension, with the original Lowther Lodge to the right
Lowther Lodge, Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) headquarters, designed by Richard Norman Shaw
2012 Poster for exhibition in the glass Pavilion on centenary of Scott's final expedition to the South Pole
James Wordie
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Sir James Mann Wordie CBE FRS FRSGS LLD was a Scottish polar explorer and geologist. Friends knew him as Jock Wordie.
James Wordie, photographed on the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition in 1914
The Wordie Memorial where James' ashes were scattered.