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William S. Bruce
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William Speirs Bruce
William Speirs Bruce
(1 August 1867 – 28 October 1921) was a Scottish
naturalist
,
polar
scientist and
oceanographer
who organized and led the
Scottish National Antarctic Expedition
(SNAE, 1902–04) to the
South Orkney Islands
and the
Weddell Sea
. Among other achievements, the expedition established the first permanent
weather station
in
Antarctica
. Bruce later founded the
Scottish Oceanographical Laboratory
in
Edinburgh
, but his plans for a transcontinental Antarctic march via the
South Pole
were abandoned because of lack of public and financial support.
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