Discovery Point and RRS Discovery

🍦Oozing ice cream sundaes, refreshing salads, or loaded toasties and moreish wraps; what would you choose?

Enjoy flavours fit for a ship's Captain in 77º South Cafe, here at Discovery Point.

Whether you're heading on adventures aboard RRS Discovery or passing by on a walk along Dundee's beautiful waterfront, you're invited to savour Tayside's best produce at 77º South.

🩵 Did you know that when you book tickets to Discovery Point, enjoy your lunch in our cafe, or make a purchase in our shop, you're supporting Dundee Heritage Trust in our mission to spark curiosity in heritage, science and discovery, and to preserve RRS Discovery?

Plan your voyage to Discovery Point and find out more about 77º South at our website: https://dundeeheritagetrust.co.uk/visit/eat-shop/

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⚓ Another group of brave adventurers are taking on the Discovery Mast Climb today!

There are few feelings that come close to climbing up RRS Discovery's ratlines, taking in the breathtaking views over Dundee and the River Tay, then climbing higher still, before a daring zip-line descent back to the quayside.

💪 Do you have what it takes to make it to the top of the mast? Climb in the footsteps of polar explorers every weekend this August: https://dundeeheritagetrust.co.uk/booking-discovery-mast-climb/

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✂ How sweet are these marvellous creations that our visitors have crafted in Polarama!

Create your own penguins and their wonderful ocean friends, design posters, and take on puzzles and games this summer in Polarama, in Discovery Point. And, join us for Arty Thursdays until the end of August for a led crafts session with our team.

🎨 Polarama crafts and games, museum trails, and lanyard activities for kids included in museum admission
📅 Arty Thursday every Thursday at 11am until 27 August, included in museum admission
🌐 Learn more at our website: https://dundeeheritagetrust.co.uk/event/arty-thursdays/
🎟 Visit Discovery Point again, and again, and again for FREE when you buy an Unlimited Pass; unlock endless adventures!*

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📚 Happy publishing day to Ed Armston-Sheret, whose book The Grip of the Ice is released by HarperCollins today!

The Grip of the Ice sheds new light on how the British National Antarctic Expedition aboard Discovery shaped exploration of the frozen south and British culture for generations to come. The book features fresh insights from diaries, letters, and archival material, revealing lesser-known insights from the Discovery Expedition of 1901-1904.

We're thrilled to welcome Ed in August for In Conversation: The Grip of the Ice; an opportunity to hear new stories from Discovery's first foray into the frozen South. Join us to rediscover this remarkable expedition!

📅 27 August
⏰ 6pm
🎟 £15
🌐 Book online: https://dundeeheritagetrust.co.uk/booking-the-grip-of-the-ice/

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⚒️ How on earth do you keep a ship's deck waterproof? Caulking!

Join us next Wednesday for All Hands on Deck!; your chance to meet Rowan, part of the team conserving RRS Discovery, for a demonstration of this traditional shipwrighting technique. Learn how we use jute (softened at our sister museum, Verdant Works Museum), tar and marine glue to keep RRS Discovery's decks ship shape.

📅 All Hands on Deck, 5 August 2026
⏰ 11am-12noon
🎟 Included in museum admission
⚓ Learn more about RRS Discovery's conservation: https://dundeeheritagetrust.co.uk/explore-the-build/

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Shackleton's Endurance Expedition continues to capture the imaginations of audiences across the world (including Hollywood's Jamie Lee Curtis!); with Royal Geographical Society (with IBG)'s wonderful new book gleaming light on even more photographs documenting this remarkable story of survival in the harshest of environments.

❄ With thanks to our collaborators the Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust, you can get up close to The Boss' famous shipwreck like never before at Discovery Point in Dundee this summer, viewing an incredibly intricate 3D model of the ship, created using scans of Endurance on the seabed.

Spot details like the helm, and objects stranded on the deck, bringing tales from the ocean floor to the surface.

🖼 See Endurance in 3D at Discovery Point until November 2026
🌐 Plan your visit: https://dundeeheritagetrust.co.uk/event/endurance-3d/
📚 You can buy the new RGS Endurance Photographs book in our gift shop, and learn more online here: https://rgs.org/our-collections/stories-from-our-collections/explore-our-collections/photograph-of-the-endurance-by-frank-hurley/

📖 Hidden stories from Discovery's 1901 Expedition crew are revealed in 'The Grip of the Ice', the upcoming book by author and historian Ed Armston-Sheret.

It's our privilege to be welcoming Ed for an 'In Conversation' event in August; where he'll share lesser-known details from the lives of the crew, gathered from archival materials and diary entries from as far back as late 19th century.

Being able to hear these stories and dive deeper into the Antarctic lives of Scott's men, here at the home of Discovery will be very special - we hope you can join us for this event. Tickets are available at our website, linked below:

📅 27 August
🕰 6pm
🎟 Book tickets here: https://dundeeheritagetrust.co.uk/booking-the-grip-of-the-ice/
📚 Copies of The Grip of the Ice will be available for purchase at the event

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🐧 We're part of Art Fund's campaign!

Adventure awaits for explorers of all ages aboard Captain Scott's ship and at Discovery Point this summer; from Escape Rooms, to polar arts and crafts, to museum trails to follow as you twist and turn through our interactive galleries.

⚓ Climb aboard RRS Discovery, built in Dundee in 1900
🖼 See over 100 incredible polar artefacts in 10 interactive galleries
🎨 Be transported to the sea and the past, with 4 special exhibitions
☕ Enjoy a taste of Tayside in 77º South cafe
🏴‍☠️ Discover treasure in our shop
🎟 Pay today, go FREE for a year with your Unlimited Pass!*

Plan your visit to Discovery Point & RRS Discovery today: https://www.dundeeheritagetrust.co.uk

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📻 Embark on an audio journey to the Antarctic this weekend, with a new episode of The Blizzard Podcast!

In our latest episode, Emma Puranen (former ship's crew here on RRS Discovery) recounts her voyage to the frozen South in the footsteps of some of her polar heroes; describing the feeling of stepping inside historic Antarctic huts, and meeting stomping adélie penguins 🐧

You can listen to The Blizzard Podcast for free on YouTube and Spotify. We'd love to hear where in the world you are tuning in from - let us know in the comments below! 👇

📺 YouTube: https://youtu.be/-pnmvv9-gdY?si=CPGzv7YeQurACWoC
🎧 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/06ezSzwRh0VfprYnQ6ovLj?si=72d6f9139095410b