Dr Harvey Pirie and the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition (1902–4)

Shortly after receiving a science and medical degree at Edinburgh, Dr Harvey Pirie joined the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition (1902–4) under Bruce. The naturalist team explored East Falkland, Laurie Island in the South Orkneys, and made the first oceanographic investigation of the Weddell Sea...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Scottish Medical Journal
Main Author: Bernstein, R. E.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publications 1983
Subjects:
Antarctic
Coats Land
Gough
Laurie
Laurie Island
Pirie
Weddell
Weddell Sea
Antarc*
Antarctica
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/003693308302800117
http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/003693308302800117
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Summary:Shortly after receiving a science and medical degree at Edinburgh, Dr Harvey Pirie joined the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition (1902–4) under Bruce. The naturalist team explored East Falkland, Laurie Island in the South Orkneys, and made the first oceanographic investigation of the Weddell Sea. After sighting Antarctica and naming the coast seen Coats Land, they returned to the Clyde via Gough Island and Cape Town. After a period in Scottish private practice, Pirie became a bacteriologist; he joined the Colonial Medical Service in 1913 and served in Kenya. In 1918 he organised the bacteriological services at the South African Institute for Medical Research in Johannesburg, and became deputy-director, 1926–41.

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