The polar ship Scotia
The ship that the oceanographer Dr William Speirs Bruce used on the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition, 1902–04, was originally a sealer named Hekla , built in Norway in 1872. In 1889 the Norwegian skipper Ragnvald Knudsen explored the northeast coast of Greenland between latitudes 74° and 75°,...
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crcambridgeupr:10.1017/s0032247405004237 2024-03-03T08:36:40+00:00 The polar ship Scotia Erskine, Angus B. Kjær, Kjell-G. 2005 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247405004237 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247405004237 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms Polar Record volume 41, issue 2, page 131-140 ISSN 0032-2474 1475-3057 General Earth and Planetary Sciences Ecology Geography, Planning and Development journal-article 2005 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/s0032247405004237 2024-02-08T08:47:17Z The ship that the oceanographer Dr William Speirs Bruce used on the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition, 1902–04, was originally a sealer named Hekla , built in Norway in 1872. In 1889 the Norwegian skipper Ragnvald Knudsen explored the northeast coast of Greenland between latitudes 74° and 75°, and in 1891–92 the ship was used by the Danish naval officer, Lieutenant C. Ryder, to explore the inner recesses of Scoresby Sund, finally visiting Angmagssalik. In 1902, re-named Scotia and captained by Tam Robertson from Peterhead, she sailed to the Weddell Sea under the leadership of Bruce. The southern winter of 1903 was spent at Laurie Island in the South Orkney Islands, and in March–April 1904 the party discovered 150 miles of previously unknown coastline of the Antarctic continent, reaching a farthest south of 74°01′S, 22°00′W. An extensive programme of marine survey and biological research was carried out. Back in the UK, Bruce sold the ship, and she returned to sealing, based in Dundee until appointed to be the first international North Atlantic Ice Patrol ship after the tragedy of Titanic . The Great War caused her to become a freighter in the English Channel area until she caught fire and was burnt out on a sandbank in the Bristol Channel on 18 January 1916. Article in Journal/Newspaper Angmagssalik Antarc* Antarctic Greenland Laurie Island North Atlantic Polar Record Scoresby Sund South Orkney Islands Weddell Sea Cambridge University Press Antarctic The Antarctic Weddell Sea Greenland Norway Weddell South Orkney Islands ENVELOPE(-45.500,-45.500,-60.583,-60.583) Sund ENVELOPE(13.644,13.644,66.207,66.207) Scoresby ENVELOPE(162.750,162.750,-66.567,-66.567) Scoresby Sund ENVELOPE(-24.387,-24.387,70.476,70.476) Laurie ENVELOPE(-44.616,-44.616,-60.733,-60.733) Knudsen ENVELOPE(16.057,16.057,67.137,67.137) Ryder ENVELOPE(-68.333,-68.333,-67.566,-67.566) Dundee ENVELOPE(-55.966,-55.966,-63.483,-63.483) Laurie Island ENVELOPE(-103.568,-103.568,59.134,59.134) Polar Record 41 2 131 140 |
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The ship that the oceanographer Dr William Speirs Bruce used on the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition, 1902–04, was originally a sealer named Hekla , built in Norway in 1872. In 1889 the Norwegian skipper Ragnvald Knudsen explored the northeast coast of Greenland between latitudes 74° and 75°, and in 1891–92 the ship was used by the Danish naval officer, Lieutenant C. Ryder, to explore the inner recesses of Scoresby Sund, finally visiting Angmagssalik. In 1902, re-named Scotia and captained by Tam Robertson from Peterhead, she sailed to the Weddell Sea under the leadership of Bruce. The southern winter of 1903 was spent at Laurie Island in the South Orkney Islands, and in March–April 1904 the party discovered 150 miles of previously unknown coastline of the Antarctic continent, reaching a farthest south of 74°01′S, 22°00′W. An extensive programme of marine survey and biological research was carried out. Back in the UK, Bruce sold the ship, and she returned to sealing, based in Dundee until appointed to be the first international North Atlantic Ice Patrol ship after the tragedy of Titanic . The Great War caused her to become a freighter in the English Channel area until she caught fire and was burnt out on a sandbank in the Bristol Channel on 18 January 1916. |
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The polar ship Scotia |
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ENVELOPE(-45.500,-45.500,-60.583,-60.583) ENVELOPE(13.644,13.644,66.207,66.207) ENVELOPE(162.750,162.750,-66.567,-66.567) ENVELOPE(-24.387,-24.387,70.476,70.476) ENVELOPE(-44.616,-44.616,-60.733,-60.733) ENVELOPE(16.057,16.057,67.137,67.137) ENVELOPE(-68.333,-68.333,-67.566,-67.566) ENVELOPE(-55.966,-55.966,-63.483,-63.483) ENVELOPE(-103.568,-103.568,59.134,59.134) |
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Antarctic The Antarctic Weddell Sea Greenland Norway Weddell South Orkney Islands Sund Scoresby Scoresby Sund Laurie Knudsen Ryder Dundee Laurie Island |
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Angmagssalik Antarc* Antarctic Greenland Laurie Island North Atlantic Polar Record Scoresby Sund South Orkney Islands Weddell Sea |
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