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 Scottish National Antarctic Expedition self-linksurface differs
surface form: 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
surface form: South Atlantic Ocean

Weddell Sea
organizedBy William Speirs Bruce
precededBy British Antarctic Expedition
surface form: 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 Scottish Geographical Society
surface form: Royal Scottish Geographical Society

Scottish Geographical Society
startTime 1902
surveyed South Orkney Islands
timePeriod Heroic Age of Antarctic and Arctic Exploration
surface form: 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 Scottish National Antarctic Expedition self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Scientific Reports of the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition
William Speirs Bruce knownFor Scottish National Antarctic Expedition
William Speirs Bruce ledExpedition Scottish National Antarctic Expedition