Friends Membership Form
Join us or send us a donation by downloading this form

Gift Aid Declaration
If you have forgotten to sign a Gift Aid form, you can send one to us. Every pound you donate is then worth £1.25 to us. For UK taxpayers only.

Standing Order Form
For annual members, let the bank be your memory and make your annual donation by standing order each year on 3rd January.

CREST
The EU Interreg.IIIB project Creation of Sustainable Tourism Destinations.

CREST Orkney
The website for the local CREST partners.

John Rae - Biography
Abridged biography of Dr John Rae by R L Richards, based on his book.

John Rae link to Hamilton Library
Short biog of Dr John Rae on Hamilton (Ont) Library website

John Rae, Explorer - HBC biography
Short biog of Dr John Rae on HBC website

Orkney Boat Museum
The Orkney Boat Museum company's new site where more details of the project can be found.

Orkneyar
Orkney's heritage and history, including an article about the life of Dr John Rae

The Hamilton Association
The Hamilton Association is one of Canada's oldest independent, not-for-profit, cultural organizations. It has its origins in the Hamilton Scientific Association, founded in 1857, and counts among its founding members Dr. John Rae, Arctic explorer and physician, who served as the Association's first Vice-President and second President.

The Lost Arctic Voyagers - Full Text
This is the famous article by Charles Dickens that destroyed Dr John Rae's reputation

The Lost Arctic Voyagers - Introduction
An introduction to the article by Charles Dickens that destroyed Dr Rae's reputation

The Otterbank Comes Home
A short description of the history and return to Orkney of the Otterbank floating bank in 2007