The Scottish National Antarctic Expedition 1902–04
On 21 July 1904, just over 80 years ago, the barque-rigged, Norwegian-built auxiliary steamship Scotia sailed home up the Clyde with members of the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition (SNAE), concluding one of the most successful expeditions of the heroic period of Antarctic exploration. Contempo...
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crcambridgeupr:10.1017/s0032247400005623 2024-03-03T08:38:58+00:00 The Scottish National Antarctic Expedition 1902–04 Bernstein, Ralph E. 1985 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247400005623 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247400005623 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms Polar Record volume 22, issue 139, page 379-392 ISSN 0032-2474 1475-3057 General Earth and Planetary Sciences Ecology Geography, Planning and Development journal-article 1985 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/s0032247400005623 2024-02-08T08:26:05Z On 21 July 1904, just over 80 years ago, the barque-rigged, Norwegian-built auxiliary steamship Scotia sailed home up the Clyde with members of the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition (SNAE), concluding one of the most successful expeditions of the heroic period of Antarctic exploration. Contemporaneous with the more spectacular British Antarctic Expedition (1901–03) commanded by Robert Falcon Scott, the Scotia party under William Spiers Bruce had overwintered on Laurie Island (60° 44ʹ S, 44° 50ʹ W) in the South Orkney Islands, explored for the first time the oceanography of the Weddell Sea, assembled an important collection of scientific material, and discovered Coats Land, an icebound stretch of the East Antarctica coast. While Scott's Discovery expedition had emphasized geographical exploration inland from the Ross Sea sector of Antarctica, Bruce in the Scotia had concentrated more on scientific discovery in the Weddell Sea sector. On 12 November 1904 in Edinburgh, members of the Scotia and Discovery expeditions were guests at the 20th anniversary dinner of the Royal Scottish Geographical Society, Bruce and Scott together responding to a presidential toast that honoured the success of both. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica East Antarctica Laurie Island Polar Record Ross Sea South Orkney Islands Weddell Sea Cambridge University Press Antarctic Weddell Sea East Antarctica Ross Sea Weddell South Orkney Islands ENVELOPE(-45.500,-45.500,-60.583,-60.583) Laurie ENVELOPE(-44.616,-44.616,-60.733,-60.733) Coats Land ENVELOPE(-27.500,-27.500,-77.000,-77.000) Laurie Island ENVELOPE(-44.617,-44.617,-60.733,-60.733) Polar Record 22 139 379 392 |
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On 21 July 1904, just over 80 years ago, the barque-rigged, Norwegian-built auxiliary steamship Scotia sailed home up the Clyde with members of the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition (SNAE), concluding one of the most successful expeditions of the heroic period of Antarctic exploration. Contemporaneous with the more spectacular British Antarctic Expedition (1901–03) commanded by Robert Falcon Scott, the Scotia party under William Spiers Bruce had overwintered on Laurie Island (60° 44ʹ S, 44° 50ʹ W) in the South Orkney Islands, explored for the first time the oceanography of the Weddell Sea, assembled an important collection of scientific material, and discovered Coats Land, an icebound stretch of the East Antarctica coast. While Scott's Discovery expedition had emphasized geographical exploration inland from the Ross Sea sector of Antarctica, Bruce in the Scotia had concentrated more on scientific discovery in the Weddell Sea sector. On 12 November 1904 in Edinburgh, members of the Scotia and Discovery expeditions were guests at the 20th anniversary dinner of the Royal Scottish Geographical Society, Bruce and Scott together responding to a presidential toast that honoured the success of both. |
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The Scottish National Antarctic Expedition 1902–04 |
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