New Nick Crane storymap for UK Landscapes

ESRI have been working to produce a StoryMap, using the Cascade template, which has been designed to go along with the new book by RGS President Nicholas Crane.
The book tells the story of the British Landscape, and how it came into being.
Click the tabs at the top of the map to find out more about a range of topics:

Edge Land
Climate Change
Island
Altered Earth
Fields
Forts
Towns
End of Wilderness
Street Plan
Heat Island
Into Space

As Nicholas says at the start of the book, to care about a place you have to know its story.
This would be great for GCSE Geographers needing to know more about the distinctive landscape of the UK.

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