William Speirs Bruce
William Spiers Bruce was a Scottish naturalist, polar scientist and oceanographer who organised and led the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition of 1902–1904.
Scottish National Antarctic Expedition
The Scottish National Antarctic Expedition, 1902–1904, led by William Spiers Bruce, established the first manned meteorological station in the Antarctic. It also discovered 212 species of animal life previously unknown to science, and led to the establishment of the Scottish Oceanographical Laboratory in 1906.