The John Rae Society

Fed up with Covid? Tired of politics? How about doing the John Rae Challenge?#johnraechallengeHelp us put Dr John Rae, one [...]

We are organising a series of Zoom hosted on-line talks and also Orkney Archaeology Society are hosting one for us [...]

James Chalmers former College lecturer and JRS member is attempting to row across the Rae Strait in his living room [...]

James Chalmers former College lecturer and JRS member is attempting to row across the Rae Strait in his living room [...]

Hello all you generous sports. Starting a challenge is far more of a challenge than actually doing it! This is [...]

During lockdown, my wife, Sigrid and I decided to start the revamp of the wonderful cabin lent to JRS by [...]

Where the new access road will be.John Rae may have been known for his ‘long strides’ but the progress in [...]

The Society’s Annual General Meeting this year will be on October 25th at 7pm and will be a virtual event [...]

Photo by John Welburn ABIPPAll the lucky winners have been informed, sorry if you were not one of them but [...]

Because of the further COVID restrictions we had to scale back our usual graveside memorial to John Rae on his [...]

Because of the current restrictions that you don’t need reminding about, we have created a virtual Open House so you [...]