William Speirs Bruce FRSE (1 August 1867 – 28 October 1921) was a British naturalist, polar scientist and oceanographer who organised and led the Scottish...
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William Bruce-Gardyne of Clan Gardyne, Laird of Middleton, Angus, Scotland William Speirs Bruce (1867–1921), Scottish explorer William George Bruce (1856–1949)...
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Speirs is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Annie Speirs (1889–1926), British freestyle swimmer Bill Speirs (1952–2009), British politician...
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was done until the expedition of William Speirs Bruce on the Scotia in 1903, which overwintered at Laurie Island. Bruce surveyed the islands, reverted some...
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1872 as the Norwegian whaler Hekla. She was purchased in 1902 by William Speirs Bruce and refitted as a research vessel for use by the Scottish National...
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began in October 2004 – a century after a historic expedition led by William Speirs Bruce, Edinburgh's "unknown" explorer, who Craig Mathieson views as "truly...
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farthing about the Poles". Shackleton got support, however, from William Speirs Bruce, leader of the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition of 1902–1904...
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was accompanied by several naturalists (including Williams Speirs Bruce) and an artist, William Gordon Burn Murdoch. The publications (both scientific and...
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had been announced, and then abandoned, by the British explorer William Speirs Bruce, for a continental crossing via the South Pole, starting from a landing...
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Antarctic Expedition (SNAE), 1902–1904, was organised and led by William Speirs Bruce, a natural scientist and former medical student from the University...
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the island, at 80°55'N, was named Cape Bruce, after British zoologist and oceanographer William Speirs Bruce, a member of the Jackson–Harmsworth expedition...
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expedition was accompanied by several naturalists (including William Speirs Bruce) and an artist, William Gordon Burn Murdoch. The publications (both scientific...
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old man", while William Speirs Bruce wrote of Markham's "malicious opposition to the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition". Bruce's colleague Robert...
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penetration since Weddell but before the modern era was made by William Speirs Bruce in 1903. The Weddell Sea is an important area of deep water mass...
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says he took his stage name, Speirs, from the surname of a lecturer at college. Since graduating from university, Speirs has played Sloan in Eragon, Andy...
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Robertson Bowers Louise Arner Boyd Edward Bransfield Philip Brocklehurst William Speirs Bruce Georgy Brusilov Daniel Byles Richard Evelyn Byrd Todd Carmichael...
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visit to the island by a scientific party on 21 April 1904, when William Speirs Bruce and others collected specimens. The Shackleton–Rowett Expedition...
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mapped in 1903 by the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition under William Speirs Bruce, and was named for James W.S. Marr, a member of the Discovery Committee...
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charted in 1903 by the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition under William Speirs Bruce, who named it for J. Macdougal, third mate of the expedition ship...
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1894, he hurried there hoping to find a vacancy. He was fortunate; William Speirs Bruce, later an Antarctic expedition leader in his own right, had intended...
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William Speirs Bruce took Scotia to 74°1'S, but in a sector of the sea which did not bring him close to Morrell's or Ross's supposed sightings. Bruce...
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have been the Scotia. The survey ship that the oceanographer Dr William Speirs Bruce used on the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition, 1902–04, was...
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(1911). The Heart of the Antarctic. London: William Heinemann. Speak, Peter (2003). William Speirs Bruce. Edinburgh: NMS Publishing. ISBN 1-901663-71-X...
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plenty of evidence that dogs could succeed in the achievements of William Speirs Bruce in his Arctic, Antarctic and Scottish National Antarctic Expedition...
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Charted in 1903 by the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition under William Speirs Bruce, who named it after Hugo A. Acuña, pioneer Argentine meteorologist...
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(1911). The Heart of the Antarctic. London: William Heinemann. Speak, Peter (2003). William Speirs Bruce: Polar Explorer and Scottish Nationalist. Edinburgh:...
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science and technology awards List of awards named after people William Speirs Bruce "W S Bruce Medal | RSGS". Archived from the original on 2018-07-14. Retrieved...
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Voyage of the James Caird West Antarctica Wildlife of Antarctica William Speirs Bruce Contents 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z...
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original on 2008-03-11. Retrieved 2008-06-30. Speak, Peter (2003). William Speirs Bruce: Polar Explorer and Scottish Nationalist. Edinburgh: NMS Publishing...
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charted in 1903 by the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition under William Speirs Bruce, who named them for Robert Neal Rudmose-Brown, naturalist of the...
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