Funding secured to launch new era for historic Shackleton ship

Funding secured to launch new era for historic Shackleton ship

National Lottery support will help secure RRS Discovery’s future as one of the world’s most important historic vessels.

Dundee Heritage Trust announces £3.5m support

Photo credit: AIM Design. Dundee Heritage Trust has announced that the second phase of its ambitious Discovery Point Transformed capital project will get underway this year, after securing £3.55 million support from The National Lottery Heritage Fund. Caroline Clark, Heritage Fund Director for Scotland, said, “Captain Scott’s 1901 Antarctic expedition was the first and the most famous of RRS Discovery’s voyages, but for 30 years the ship was a g…