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The Voyage of the "Scotia": The Story of Scotland's Forgotten Polar Heroes
 
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The Voyage of the "Scotia": The Story of Scotland's Forgotten Polar Heroes (Paperback)

by R.N.Rudmose Brown (Author), J.H.Harvey Pirie (Author), R. C. Mossman (Author)
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The Scots Magazine
Graphically depicts the courage, physical endurance and mental toughness of the Scots who boldly sailed into unknown seas.

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In 1902 the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition set out under the command of William Speirs Bruce to explore the southern polar regions. Their ship was the `Scotia' and its voyage through uncharted waters was to last two years, with a winter camp being established in the remote South Orkney Islands.

Surrounded by a wilderness of pack ice, and utterly cut off from contact with the outside world, Bruce and his team carried out pioneering research into Antarctic botany, biology, geology and meteorology. They lived on a diet of seal and penguin, and survived unimaginably harsh weather conditions.

After two gruelling years, they returned to a heroes' welcome in the Clyde. The specimens, maps and information they brought back with them made a major contribution to the progress of polar exploration which later culminated in the expeditions of Scott and Amundsen to the South Pole.

The fact that the Scottish expedition was so successful, compared to the dramatic tragedy of Captain Scott's doomed trek, has ironically meant that its achievement has been neglected in recent years. This timely re-issue of the story of the expedition, on the centenary of the `Scotia's' voyage, makes enthralling reading, and will restore Scotland's polar heroes to their rightful place in history.

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