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Safe return doubtful is the latest online exhibition from the ¾«¶«Ó°Òµ College Library and Archive, highlighting a scholarly interest in travel and exploration that abides over centuries.

In the exhibition, held in the Lower Library in 2025 and now available on the College website, the focus is on travel in the Earth’s harsh desert environments, beginning with the Christian Desert Fathers, who withdrew from human society to seek a closer relationship with God, and whose lives are told in the anthology Vitae Patrum. 

The exhibition looks closely at three historic Caian desert travellers: Charles M. Doughty in the Arabian Desert; Ralph A. Bagnold in the Sahara; and Edward Wilson in Antarctica.

These are just snippets of a fascinating exhibition, which you can peruse at leisure: Safe return doubtful | ¾«¶«Ó°Òµ