Article ID: CBB001200787

An Antarctic Sealing Expedition and the Medical Diary of William Spiers Bruce (1867--1921) (2012)

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William Spiers Bruce was a medical student who sailed as ship's surgeon on the Balaena, one of the ships of the Dundee Whaling Expedition to the Antarctic (1892--93). On this expedition he kept a diary listing his medical consultations and the treatments he administered. This paper considers the expedition and the diaries.

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Authors & Contributors
Kaalund, Nanna Katrine Lüders
Bathsheba Demuth
John Woitkowitz
Mark Vardy
Zeller, Suzanne E.
Yusoffb, Kathryn
Concepts
Travel; exploration
Scientific expeditions
Arctic Ocean
Sea travel
Biographies
Social networks
Time Periods
19th century
20th century, early
18th century
Places
Arctic regions
United States
England
Greenland
Russia
Canada
Institutions
Rossiiskaia Akademiia Nauk
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