Get swept up in the adventure of a lifetime!
Discover what made four young friends make Scotland’s first major sea kayaking expedition and conquer one of the world's largest whirlpools, the treacherous Maelstrom….
Follow Jim Breen, Angus Mathieson, Bill Turnbull and Peter Wilson’s story as they paddle 394 miles around the islands of North West Norway in the Artic Circle, battling food poisoning, a heatwave and severe magnetic anomalies to make the first ever crossing of the ‘Maelstrom’.
The exhibition, which celebrates the 40th anniversary of the expedition, is included in Museum admission.
