Emile Racovitza collection 1912

Belgian Antarctic Expedition 1887-1899

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Racovitza Emile George 1868-1947

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Bruce, William S. (William Speirs), 1867-1921

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William Speirs Bruce was born in London of Scottish parents in 1867. He was educated at Norfolk County School, England and enrolled as a medical student at the University of Edinburgh, where renowned Scottish physicists, chemists and oceanographers supervised him. In 1892, he was recommended for the post of surgeon and naturalist on board Balaena during the British Whaling Exploration (Dundee), 1892-1893. The expedition was organized to investigate the commercial possibilities of wh...

Emile George Racovitza

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Emile George Racovitza was born in 1868. He served as botanist and zoologist during the Belgian Antarctic Expedition, 1897-1899 (leader de Gerlache de Gomery). Racovitza died in 1947 From the guide to the Emile Racovitza collection, 1912, (Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge) ...