Scotia (William Speirs Bruce 1867-1921)
Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2009 6:52 pm
Dr William Speirs Bruce 1867-1921
After spending a year at Laurie Island, in the South Orkney Islands, Bruce sailed south on an oceanographic cruise into the Weddell Sea. The stamp shows Scotia held up by dense pack ice.
Expeditions: Dundee Whaling Expedition to Antarctica as naturalist 1893, Jackson-Harmsworth Expedition to Franz Joseph Land as naturalist, 1896, which rescued Nansen, Scottish National Antarctic Expedition 1902-04. Discoveries: Coats Land.
Scotia, Length 140 feet, beam 29 feet, 400 tons. Built 1872 at Drammen, Norway as the barque-rigged auxiliary steam sealer Hekla. Rebuilt and reinforced 1902 by Ailsa Shipbuilding Co, Troon, Ayrshire, Scotland and renamed Scotia. Voyages: Sealing voyages 1872-82, East Coast of Greenland, 1889; Scoresby Sound, 1891-92. Scottish National Antarctic Expedition 1902-04. Departed Scotland 2.11.1902. Oceanographic cruise in Weddell Sea to Bruce's farthest south on 22.02. 03. Arrived Laurie Island, South Orkney Islands, 25.03.03. Wintered in Scotia Bay. Sailed for Falkland Islands for refit 27.11.03. Returned 14.02.1904. Sailed 22.02.04 to continue oceanographic cruise in Weddell Sea, sailing along shore leads until beset and nearly crushed at farthest south, discovery of Coats Land. Released 12.03.04 and continued oceanographic work northwards, returning Scotland 21.07.04. Sold 1905 to defray expedition costs and returned to sealing. First North Atlantic ice patrol vessel following loss of Titanic. Worked as a collier in WW1 until caught fire, run aground and burned out on Sully Island, near Cardiff, in Bristol Channel carrying coal to France in 1915.
BAT 2008 SG?
After spending a year at Laurie Island, in the South Orkney Islands, Bruce sailed south on an oceanographic cruise into the Weddell Sea. The stamp shows Scotia held up by dense pack ice.
Expeditions: Dundee Whaling Expedition to Antarctica as naturalist 1893, Jackson-Harmsworth Expedition to Franz Joseph Land as naturalist, 1896, which rescued Nansen, Scottish National Antarctic Expedition 1902-04. Discoveries: Coats Land.
Scotia, Length 140 feet, beam 29 feet, 400 tons. Built 1872 at Drammen, Norway as the barque-rigged auxiliary steam sealer Hekla. Rebuilt and reinforced 1902 by Ailsa Shipbuilding Co, Troon, Ayrshire, Scotland and renamed Scotia. Voyages: Sealing voyages 1872-82, East Coast of Greenland, 1889; Scoresby Sound, 1891-92. Scottish National Antarctic Expedition 1902-04. Departed Scotland 2.11.1902. Oceanographic cruise in Weddell Sea to Bruce's farthest south on 22.02. 03. Arrived Laurie Island, South Orkney Islands, 25.03.03. Wintered in Scotia Bay. Sailed for Falkland Islands for refit 27.11.03. Returned 14.02.1904. Sailed 22.02.04 to continue oceanographic cruise in Weddell Sea, sailing along shore leads until beset and nearly crushed at farthest south, discovery of Coats Land. Released 12.03.04 and continued oceanographic work northwards, returning Scotland 21.07.04. Sold 1905 to defray expedition costs and returned to sealing. First North Atlantic ice patrol vessel following loss of Titanic. Worked as a collier in WW1 until caught fire, run aground and burned out on Sully Island, near Cardiff, in Bristol Channel carrying coal to France in 1915.
BAT 2008 SG?