Frank Napier collection 1920

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Frank Napier collection 1920

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Correspondence (4 leaves)

eng,

Scott Polar Research Institute

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Scott Polar Research Institute

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Napier Frank B

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Cadell, H. M. (Henry Moubray), 1860-1934

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Campbell Robert 1881-1957

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Frank B Napier

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Frank B Napier served as captain of the schooner Easonian on the Scottish Spitsbergen Syndicate expedition, sailing to Tromsø in 1920. William Speirs Bruce founded the Scottish Spitsbergen Syndicate in 1909 as a mineral exploration company to locate and assay the potential of the Svalbard archipelago for the exploitation of minerals such as coal, gypsum, iron ore, marble and possibly petroleum. The initial work was to be primarily scientific, but good commercial prospects were held out as incent...

Scottish Spitsbergen Syndicate Ltd 1909-1951

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