Lorraine Kelly, who hails from the Gorbals in Glasgow, raced fellow presenter Dan Snow up the historic ship's 25-meter mast in Dundee before abseiling to the ground.

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Scottish TV host Lorraine Kelly completed the daring act at the RSS Discovery in Dundee. Lorraine Kelly said she was “shaking ...

Watch as Lorraine Kelly admits she was "terrified" after abseiling down the mast of a 25-metre mast on Friday (27 June), just ...

So it was quite understandable that TV presenter and national treasure Lorraine Kelly found herself “shaking like a leaf” as she scaled the mast of the RSS Discovery in Dundee. She also abseiled – an ...

RRS Discovery has been a popular tourist attraction since its return in 1986 Thirty years ago today Captain Scott's RRS Discovery returned to Dundee. Thousands of people eagerly awaited the ...

Urgent restoration work on the famous RRS Discovery in Dundee is under way after a new £1.4m funding award. The vessel was purpose-built in the city to take explorer Captain Robert Falcon Scott ...

*The RRS Discovery on that expedition, the predecessor to today’s RRS Discovery, had been built in 1962, refitted in 1992 and retired in 2012.

During her ten years on the sea, the current RRS Discovery has travelled 227,554.21 nautical miles, taking part in 56 expeditions to explore the world's oceans.

After this voyage, RRS Discovery had subsequent Antarctic expeditions in 1925 and 1929, but then became a training ship based in London in the years between 1931 and 1979.

The Royal Research Ship (RRS) Discovery is set to sail on Thursday from Southampton, Hampshire, for the six-week voyage to the remote British Overseas Territories of Ascension Island and St Helena.