The Scottish National Expedition to the Antarctic 1900-1903

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The Scottish National Expedition to the Antarctic 1900-1903

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circa 85 cuttings.

eng,

Edinburgh University Library

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Scottish National Antarctic Expedition (1902-1904)

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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...