027_Bruce_and_the_SNAE
Ice Coffee: the history of human activity in Antarctica
English - July 14, 2016 03:49 - 27 minutes - 25 MB - ★★★★★ - 28 ratingsHistory Science Natural Sciences antarctic antarctica ice penguins scurvy shackleton terra amundsen aurora australis Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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William Spiers Bruce showed the world what a team could achieve if they ignored the south pole and got on with some science. Under his guidance the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition established the longest continually occupied meteorological station and discovered large numbers of Antarctic marine species but what I like most about the Scot is how much he got on Sir Clements Markhams' nerves.