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Diaries & records

Browse 10 source-linked records about diaries & records, with evidence labels, original sources and limitations.

Historical artifacts, claims and scientific context retain their own labels. Inclusion in this collection does not establish a claim as true.

• Historical record

  Amundsen South Pole expedition film

  Surviving expedition film is preserved as documentary heritage.

• Historical record

  Atlas carrying an Earth-centered model of the heavens

  Celestial spheres are not flat-Earth evidence.

• Historical record

  Byrd’s archival broadcast audio

  Listen to the original archive record before quoting a viral clip. No verified transcript or date-specific quotation is supplied here.

• Historical record

  MacMurchie’s first diary of the Scotia expedition

  First of the museum’s two handwritten expedition diaries.

• Historical record

  MacMurchie’s second diary of the Scotia expedition

  Second handwritten diary records the later expedition experience.

• Historical record

  Marine-animal research from the Belgica expedition

  Illustrated zoological report documents collected tunicate specimens.

• Historical record

  Markham instructions to Colbeck

  Instructions connect the Morning relief voyage to Discovery logistics.

• Historical record

  Scott final letter to Bridgeman

  Final-camp letter acquired by the institute in 2013.

• Historical record

  Scott final sledging diary

  Scott’s final sledging diary volume, Add MS 51035, dated 18 February–29 March 1912. This exact volume is part of the larger diaries series, not an additional duplicate artifact.

• Historical record

  Scott letter to Clements Markham

  Expedition letter explains the decision to send personnel home.