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Norway to the South Pole: Edward Wilson's art and life 

  • Icon19 November, 10 am
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Edward Wilson died in the Antarctic with Captain Scott. But his art lives on.

Edward Wilson painting during the British Antarctic Expedition (1910-1913). Canterbury Museum 19xx.2.5090

Dr Edward Adrian Wilson was a physician, naturalist and artist with Captain Robert Falcon Scott's Discovery and Terra Nova expeditions. He died with Scott on the return journey from the South Pole in 1912.

This talk by Canterbury Museum Curator Human History charts Wilson's life through his drawings and paintings held in the collection.

Book a place here.

A Friends of the Canterbury Museum talk.