7 Items Tagged

Scurvy

Spruce Beer

This Christmas tree elixir kept Vikings and Captain Cook alive.

society adventures

Introducing the Intoxicating Spirits Salon Series in San Francisco

Annetta Black September 16, 2013

Albert Szent-Gyorgyi

Falmouth, Massachusetts

Albert Szent-Gyorgyi’s Grave

Final resting place of a pioneering scurvy researcher.

Edinburgh, Scotland

James Lind's Memorial Tablet

The world's first experimental nutritionist is memorialized as the "Hippocrates of naval medicine."

Marton-in-Cleveland, England

Captain Cook Birthplace Museum

Sidney Scurvy, the interactive computer sailor, takes you on a journey to discover the everyday lives of Cook and his men.

Scurvy: By the End, Death is a Mercy

Annetta Black May 1, 2012

Modern view of the Cape Royds Hut.

Shackleton's Antarctic Hut

Nimrod Polar Expedition base, and home to hundred-year-old frozen whisky.