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A pair of skis, formerly owned by Captain Scott. Although never registered, documents in the archive (ARC/HMG/CM/007/A/COLBECKW/001-002) show that a group of objects was acquired by the Horniman from the then Lady Kennet (Kathleen Young, née Bruce, formerly Kathleen Scott and Lady Scott), Captain Scott's widow, in March 1938. Further documents (ARC/HMG/CM/007/A/COLBECKW/003-025, 027, 029 and 034) state that they were exhibited in the South Hall, before the skis were transferred to HMS Discovery, then an RNVR drill ship; they were eventually transferred along with the Discovery to Dundee Heritage Trust. However, the matter is complicated by documents mentioning two pairs of skis (ARC/HMG/CM/007/A/COLBECKW/013 and 043) and Louis Bernacchi, a member of Scott's first expedition (the Discovery expedition) (ARC/HMG/CM/007/A/COLBECKW/030 and 043): although Kathleen Scott gave the Horniman a single pair of skis, and a single pair was sent to Discovery, the documents do not contain sufficient detail to say for sure which pair were sent to Discovery. Of the skis in the Dundee Heritage Trust collection which were acquired along with Discovery, one pair, W 79.133.69, is clearly marked as having belonged to Reginald Skelton, another member of the Discovery expedition; the other, W 79.133.68, is stamped 'W.C.', and is perhaps the more likely candidate to be the Horniman's skis.