Discussion on ‘The geological collection from the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition (1902–04) in the Museo de La Plata, Argentina’ by Carrasquero 2021 (Scottish Journal of Geology, 57, 60– 66)

2021 ◽  
pp. sjg2021-005
Author(s):  
Philip Stone
Keyword(s):  
Buenos Aires ◽  
The South ◽  
La Plata ◽  
Orkney Islands ◽  
Personal Contribution ◽  
Antarctic Expedition ◽  
South Orkney Islands ◽  
Rock Specimens

The informative paper by Carrasquero (2021) reveals the personal contribution made by Francisco Moreno to the success of the 1902-04 Scottish National Antarctic Expedition (SNAE) during the time it spent in Buenos Aires, Argentina. It was a crucial intervention, and for the hospitality and generous assistance that Moreno arranged for the expedition's leader, William Speirs Bruce (Fig. 1), the presentation of a few rock specimens might seem scant reward, although as an additional mark of respect Bruce named Point Moreno on the expedition's published map of Laurie Island (Brown et al. 1906, p. 145): the name is still valid – 60° 44’ S, 44° 41’ W. Bruce would have been deeply satisfied by the knowledge that his donation of specimens from the South Orkney Islands had initiated the development of an Antarctic collection at the Museo de La Plata. His scientific outlook was always international and collaborative.

The geological collection from the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition (1902–04) in the Museo de La Plata, Argentina

2021 ◽  
pp. sjg2020-029
Author(s):  
Silvia Irene Carrasquero
Keyword(s):  
Buenos Aires ◽  
Meteorological Station ◽  
La Plata ◽  
Orkney Islands ◽  
Antarctic Expedition ◽  
South Orkney Islands ◽  
Small Collection ◽  
Rock Specimens

In December 1903, Williams Speirs Bruce, leader of the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition, arrived in Buenos Aires and contacted Francisco Moreno, director of the Museo de La Plata to request his assistance. Bruce asked Moreno to be an intermediary with the Argentine government and to facilitate Bruce's wish for Argentina to take over the meteorological station that the Scottish expedition had established on Laurie Island (South Orkney Islands). Moreno was please to provide the necessary assistance and was instrumental in Bruce achieving his ambition. As a gesture of appreciation, before leaving Buenos Aires Bruce presented a small collection of Laurie Island rock specimens to Moreno as a donation to the Museo de La Plata. This donation initiated the museum's Antarctic collection.

scholarly journals III.—Polychæta of the family Nereidæ, collected by the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition (1902–1904).

1914 ◽  
Vol 50 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-48 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. N. G. Ramsay
Keyword(s):  
Deep Water ◽  
Falkland Islands ◽  
The South ◽  
Orkney Islands ◽  
The Family ◽  
Antarctic Expedition ◽  
South Orkney Islands ◽  
Chief Interest ◽  
The Antarctic

The collection of Nereidæ brought home by the Scotia proves to be of considerable interest. As other expeditions have indicated, the family is but poorly represented in the antarctic or sub-antarctic regions; and although a large number of specimens were collected at the South Orkney Islands, these have all proved to belong to one species, N. kerguelensis M'Int. No nereids were obtained at any of the deep-water stations farther south—the family being decidedly littoral in its range.The chief interest, however, lies in the material collected so assiduously throughout the vessel's wanderings. Six other species were obtained, including one from the Falkland Islands, hitherto undescribed.

Antarctic Place-names given by the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition, 1902–04

Polar Record ◽  
1943 ◽  
Vol 4 (26) ◽  
pp. 61-62 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. N. Rudmose Brown
Keyword(s):  
Place Names ◽  
The South ◽  
Orkney Islands ◽  
Antarctic Expedition ◽  
South Orkney Islands ◽  
Antarctic Continent ◽  
Scientific Results ◽  
The Antarctic

The following place-names in the South Orkney Islands and the Antarctic Continent were proposed by Dr W. S. Bruce; they were first published in the maps accompanying his paper in the Scottish Geographical Magazine for June 1905, and in the Reports on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of S.Y. Scotia, 1902–04 (Edinburgh, 1907–).

scholarly journals Identification of marine Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas for penguins around the South Shetland Islands and South Orkney Islands

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (21) ◽  
pp. 10520-10529 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria P. Dias ◽  
Ana Paula Bertoldi Carneiro ◽  
Victoria Warwick-Evans ◽  
Colin Harris ◽  
Katharina Lorenz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
South Shetland Islands ◽  
The South ◽  
Shetland Islands ◽  
Orkney Islands ◽  
South Orkney Islands

scholarly journals The Scottish National Antarctic Expedition, 1902–1904: reconstructing the missing geological report

2018 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 350-362 ◽  
Author(s):  
Philip Stone
Keyword(s):  
Research Programme ◽  
Medical Doctor ◽  
Scientific Investigation ◽  
Orkney Islands ◽  
Unpublished Work ◽  
Antarctic Expedition ◽  
South Orkney Islands ◽  
Scientific Results ◽  
Quality Reports ◽  
Archive Material

The Scottish National Antarctic Expedition (1902–1904) made the first topographical survey and scientific investigation of Laurie Island, one of the South Orkney Islands, and completed an extensive oceanographical research programme in the Scotia and Weddell Seas. When the expedition returned to Scotland, the leader, William Speirs Bruce, embarked on an ambitious attempt to publish the expedition's scientific results in a series of high-quality reports. Sadly, by the time it came to the eighth volume (on geology) his funds were exhausted, and the series was abandoned. Nevertheless, many of the contributions that had been intended for that volume were produced; some were published elsewhere whilst unpublished proofs and archive notes survive for others. From these various sources the volume as planned by Bruce can be reconstructed. The key contributor was J. H. H. Pirie, a medical doctor and primarily the expedition's surgeon. Despite his limited relevant experience his geological observations were commendable, with the notable exception of an important palaeontological misidentification that was inexplicably supported by eminent British experts. The archive material illuminates the background to Pirie's contributions and the ways in which his unpublished work came to be preserved.

Theudium Austroatlanticum (Verrucariaceae), A New Species from the South Orkney Islands

1993 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 271-277 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alan Orange
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
The South ◽  
Orkney Islands ◽  
Signy Island ◽  
South Orkney Islands ◽  
A New Species

AbstractThelidium austroatlanticum sp. nov. is described from Signy island; it is characterized by an epilithic thallus, more or less appressed involucrellum, and 1-septate spores 30–40 μm long. Thelidium incavatum is also reported for Signy Island.

scholarly journals Using habitat models to identify marine important bird and biodiversity areas for Chinstrap Penguins Pygoscelis antarcticus in the South Orkney Islands

Polar Biology ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 42 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-25 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. P. Dias ◽  
V. Warwick-Evans ◽  
A. P. B. Carneiro ◽  
C. Harris ◽  
B. G. Lascelles ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
The South ◽  
Habitat Models ◽  
Orkney Islands ◽  
Pygoscelis Antarcticus ◽  
South Orkney Islands
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