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Captain Scott's Antarctic penguin sketches

Two chalk drawings of penguins by the explorers Captain Scott and Sir Ernest Shackleton have been discovered in a basement at Cambridge University.

The priceless sketches, which date from 1904 and 1909, were probably done during the lecture tours given by the pair after they returned from their Antarctic voyages.
Read entire article at Telegraph (UK)