Record

RefNoMS/591
Previous numbersMS 591, MS 592
LevelSubFonds
TitlePapers connected to the British National Antarctic Expedition 'Discovery' retained by the Royal Society
Date1902-1913
DescriptionPapers and correspondence retained by the President and Officers of the Royal Society, chiefly Archibald Geikie, which relate to the National Antarctic Expedition. The collection includes copies of Robert Falcon Scott's reports from the expedition, correspondence regarding meteorological data collected by the expedition, and a long series of correspondence concerning Scott's complaints about content in the preface of the first published volume of Meteorological data.
Extent5 files
PhysicalDescriptionLoose papers
AccessStatusOpen
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