| AdminHistory | The National Discovery Antarctic Expedition (1901-1904) was managed by a joint committee of the Royal Society and the Royal Geographical Society with the remit to carry out scientific research and geographic exploration. Louis Bernachi (1876-1942) was the expedition physicist, he was the only scientist on the expedition with previous Antarctic experience having been on the British National Antarctic Expedition (Southern Cross Expedition, 1898-1900) as magnetic observer and meteorologist. |