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The historic ship RRS Discovery, now a major visitor attraction in Dundee, is getting ready to show off her newly refurbished look in time for the summer.
And as the ship's refurbished masts and rigging go back up, the popular visitor attraction is cutting admission prices...
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Dundee primary school children will create a live Christmas card when they create a traffic-stopping scene on Tuesday 22nd December as they complete a 270-mile ‘Antarctic’ walk.
The 65 students from Rosebank Primary School will be walking the last mile in a long-distance challenge that has...
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Backers of a campaign to help conserve the historic ship RRS Discovery gathered in Dundee on Wednesday to celebrate surpassing their £40,000 fundraising goal.
And as the pledges kept rolling in right up until the Wednesday lunchtime deadline, surpassing the goal by almost £2000, it was...
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In a campaign that has spread worldwide and gained the backing of everyone from schoolchildren to global businesses, a newborn baby to a television celebrity, the historic RRS Discovery ship today (29th November) reached its crowdfunding goal.
More than 200 backers came together to reach the...
RRS Discovery, Captain Robert Falcon Scott's famous Antarctic expedition ship, is this month on a different kind of voyage - one of historical conservation.
Passers-by are witnessing a 'de-masting' of the historic ship, which is docked at Discovery Point in Dundee, as it enters an essential...
Restoration work begins on Tuesday on RRS Discovery, Captain Robert Falcon Scott's famous expedition ship. And as the masts and rigging come down for repair this month, so do admission prices for visitors to Discovery Point.
Although the ship itself will be closed for the next...