IV.—The Temperatures, Specific Gravities, and Salinities of the Weddell Sea and of the North and South Atlantic Ocean

• Published in: Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
• Main Authors: Bruce, William S., King, Andrew, Wilton, David W.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1916
• Subjects: General Earth and Planetary Sciences; General Environmental Science; Arctic; Antarctic; Weddell Sea; Weddell; Franz Josef Land; Antarc*; South Atlantic Ocean
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0080456800018901; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0080456800018901

After my return from my first voyage, namely, the Scottish Antarctic Expedition of 1892–93, for which I was chosen as naturalist, I had the advantage of coming closely in touch with Mr J. Y. Buchanan, who then trained me in his Edinburgh laboratory in the use of his hydrometer. During the past twenty years I have been in constant touch with him regarding problems relating to the physics of the ocean. As a consequence, before my departure for a voyage to, and wintering in, Franz Josef Land during 1896–97, I was well trained in the use of his hydrometer, and obtained during that expedition observations of considerable interest. I also carried out all the hydrometer work on board the Prince of Monaco's yacht Princess Alice during his Arctic voyage of 1898, under the direction of Mr J. Y. Buchanan, who was also on board during that cruise, and also during the Prince of Monaco's second Arctic cruise during 1899, when I was solely responsible for that work. Consequently, I was thoroughly familiar with hydrometer work when I set sail in the Scotia .