SCOTTISH ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION.
The Antarctic Expedition, which is to set out from Scotland next year, will be peculiarly a- national one. The whole of the money . subscribed towards it has been given by Scotsmen, and the scientific staff and ship's officers and crew are of the same race. True, the ship is a .Norwegian whaler, but she is being brought to the Clyde to be repaired and fitted out, so she will be stamped with a Scottish character and, let us hope, there will be no Discovery of Welsh emblems about her when she is on the high seas. The Hecla, as the ship is to be christened, will be ready about the beginning of August, and will go for a trial trip in the Atlantic to test gear and instruments. Mr W. S. Bruce, who has had experience in both Polar regions, is the leader of> the expedition. Its goal -is the Weddell Sea, and it will co-operate in a complete scheme of exploration with the German Expedition on one side and the Swedish on the other.
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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue 7389, 15 February 1902, Page 2 (Supplement)
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178SCOTTISH ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION. Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue 7389, 15 February 1902, Page 2 (Supplement)
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