Scottish National Antarctic Expedition

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The Scottish National Antarctic Expedition was an early 20th-century Scottish-led scientific and exploratory mission to Antarctica, commanded by William Speirs Bruce, that conducted extensive research and established a permanent meteorological station in the South Orkney Islands.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Antarctic expedition ⓘ
scientific expedition ⓘ
baseOfOperations Scotia Bay ⓘ
commander William Speirs Bruce ⓘ
country Scotland ⓘ
discovered Coats Land ⓘ
endTime 1904 ⓘ
established permanent meteorological station in the South Orkney Islands ⓘ
fieldOfWork biology ⓘ
cartography ⓘ
geology ⓘ
meteorology ⓘ
oceanography ⓘ
flag Scottish flag ⓘ
hasPublication Scientific Reports of the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition ⓘ
heritage part of Scottish polar exploration history ⓘ
leader William Speirs Bruce ⓘ
location Antarctica ⓘ
South Orkney Islands ⓘ
namedAfter Scotia (ship) ⓘ
notableFor discovery and naming of Coats Land ⓘ
independent Scottish-led Antarctic research ⓘ
long-term meteorological observations in South Orkney Islands ⓘ
notableMember James Hunter Harvey Pirie ⓘ
Robert Cockburn Mossman ⓘ
Robert Neal Rudmose-Brown ⓘ
operatedIn South Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
linked to: South Atlantic

Weddell Sea ⓘ
organizedBy William Speirs Bruce ⓘ
precededBy British National Antarctic Expedition ⓘ
purpose exploration ⓘ
scientific research ⓘ
result biological specimens from Antarctic waters ⓘ
extensive oceanographic data from Weddell Sea ⓘ
meteorological records from South Orkney Islands ⓘ
new maps of South Orkney Islands ⓘ
shipUsed Scotia ⓘ
significantEvent establishment of first permanent weather station in Antarctic region ⓘ
sponsoredBy Royal Scottish Geographical Society ⓘ
Scottish Geographical Society ⓘ
startTime 1902 ⓘ
surveyed South Orkney Islands ⓘ
timePeriod Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration ⓘ

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Orcadas Station → foundedBy → Scottish National Antarctic Expedition ⓘ
Coats Land → discoveredDuring → Scottish National Antarctic Expedition ⓘ
Omond House → operatedBy → Scottish National Antarctic Expedition ⓘ
Omond House → partOf → Scottish National Antarctic Expedition ⓘ
Scottish National Antarctic Expedition → hasPublication → Scientific Reports of the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition ⓘ
linked to: Scottish National Antarctic Expedition
William Speirs Bruce → knownFor → Scottish National Antarctic Expedition ⓘ
William Speirs Bruce → ledExpedition → Scottish National Antarctic Expedition ⓘ
Mount Ramsay → discoveredBy → Scottish National Antarctic Expedition ⓘ
Michelsen Peak → discoveredBy → Scottish National Antarctic Expedition ⓘ
Michelsen Peak → discoveryExpedition → Scottish National Antarctic Expedition ⓘ