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Sara Wheeler

The John Rae Society welcomes three Arctic experts to Orkney via Zoom in our second series of on-line talksto share their insights on various aspects...

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Help us define the John Rae Spirit. Using the link below we want you to choose up to 5 words from a shortlist of 10...

About three years ago the Orkney Adventure Scouts decided to rename themselves the John Rae Explorer Scouts. So inspired were they by the great explorer,...

The Pilgrim Trust supports the John Rae Society Trustees of The Pilgrim Trust have made a grant of £35,000 to The John Rae Society guaranteeing...

Visitors from the US and Canada as well as parts of the UK tuned in to hear more about the achievements of the John Rae...

In somewhat blustery weather last weekend, we had a very welcome visit from Sir Mark Jones, Chairman of The Pilgrim Trust and his wife, Camilla...

John Rae Society invites the world to remember the remarkable life and achievements of Arctic explorer John Rae at St Magnus Cathedral graveyard An open...

Taking a lesson

What a wonderful morning it was when I opened an email from Shirley Stuart, Head Teacher of North Walls Community School! It told us in...

The Edrington Trust gang

Again, The John Rae Society is SO grateful to The Edrington Trust for assigning Highland Park Distillery staff to do such valuable work for us...

The Team

Hello everyone, I am so happy to say that today was such a success for The John Rae Society. We asked The Edrington Trust, which...

Prepare to lift the slab

Orkney News, a loyal supporter of what we are doing at the Hall of Clestrain came down just before our first Open Day in 2021...