But you'll get weighted down in a hurry if you grab every plate and cup you come across.

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As well as black-and-white photographs there are some snippets of film and rare colour transparencies, rescued from the sinking Endurance by Hurley, who plunged into the icy water to grab the plate glass negatives.

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Grab a lunchtime plate of pelmeni (boiled dumplings filled with minced pork) at one of the surrounding cafes and yo will mix with students whose work could soon hang in the galleries you have just explored.

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