Of poles, pressmen, and the newspaper public: reporting the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition, 1902–1904

Between 1902 and 1904, the Scots naturalist William Speirs Bruce (1867-1921) led the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition on a voyage of oceanographical discovery. Unlike other British expeditions undertaken during the ‘Heroic Age’ of polar exploration, Bruce’s Expedition placed undivided attentio...

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Main Author: Keighren, Innes M
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Royal Scottish Geographical Society 2005
Subjects:
William Speirs Bruce
polar exploration
newspapers
journalism
geography of reporting
Antarctic
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1842/893
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spelling ftunivedinburgh:oai:era.ed.ac.uk:1842/893 2023-07-30T03:57:08+02:00 Of poles, pressmen, and the newspaper public: reporting the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition, 1902–1904 Keighren, Innes M 16 2005 2068164 bytes application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/1842/893 en eng Royal Scottish Geographical Society Keighren, Innes M. 2005. Of poles, pressmen, and the newspaper public: reporting the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition, 1902–1904. Scottish Geographical Journal 121 (2):203–218. 0036-9225 http://hdl.handle.net/1842/893 William Speirs Bruce polar exploration newspapers journalism geography of reporting Article 2005 ftunivedinburgh 2023-07-09T20:30:25Z Between 1902 and 1904, the Scots naturalist William Speirs Bruce (1867-1921) led the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition on a voyage of oceanographical discovery. Unlike other British expeditions undertaken during the ‘Heroic Age’ of polar exploration, Bruce’s Expedition placed undivided attention upon scientific accumulation, and dismissed the value of territorial acquisition. As a consequence, Bruce and his Expedition were subject to a distinct interpretation by the press. With reference to contemporary newspaper reports, this paper traces the unique mediation of Bruce, and reveals how geographies of reporting served to communicate locally particular representations of him, and of the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Edinburgh Research Archive (ERA - University of Edinburgh) Antarctic
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polar exploration
newspapers
journalism
geography of reporting
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polar exploration
newspapers
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geography of reporting
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Of poles, pressmen, and the newspaper public: reporting the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition, 1902–1904
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description Between 1902 and 1904, the Scots naturalist William Speirs Bruce (1867-1921) led the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition on a voyage of oceanographical discovery. Unlike other British expeditions undertaken during the ‘Heroic Age’ of polar exploration, Bruce’s Expedition placed undivided attention upon scientific accumulation, and dismissed the value of territorial acquisition. As a consequence, Bruce and his Expedition were subject to a distinct interpretation by the press. With reference to contemporary newspaper reports, this paper traces the unique mediation of Bruce, and reveals how geographies of reporting served to communicate locally particular representations of him, and of the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition.
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title Of poles, pressmen, and the newspaper public: reporting the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition, 1902–1904
title_short Of poles, pressmen, and the newspaper public: reporting the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition, 1902–1904
title_full Of poles, pressmen, and the newspaper public: reporting the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition, 1902–1904
title_fullStr Of poles, pressmen, and the newspaper public: reporting the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition, 1902–1904
title_full_unstemmed Of poles, pressmen, and the newspaper public: reporting the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition, 1902–1904
title_sort of poles, pressmen, and the newspaper public: reporting the scottish national antarctic expedition, 1902–1904
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op_relation Keighren, Innes M. 2005. Of poles, pressmen, and the newspaper public: reporting the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition, 1902–1904. Scottish Geographical Journal 121 (2):203–218.
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