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1904 | 21 July - the return of Scotia
Bruce awarded gold medal of RSGS |
1905 | Mossman returns from South Orkney Islands
Scotia sold for £5019, 0s, 9d Bruce attended polar conference at Mons |
1906 | Prince Charles Foreland - Princess Alice - quatercentenary Aberdeen University
Bruce awarded honorary degree (LLD) at Aberdeen University Bruce attended polar conference in Brussels and Arctic exhibition in Marseilles |
1907 | Scottish oceanographic laboratory opened
Bruce surveying on Prince Charles Foreland Bruce lectures to the Royal Geographic Society |
1908 | Preliminary plans for the second Antarctic expedition
Bruce's Antarctic exhibition in Edinburgh |
1909 | Bruce on a Spitsbergen expedition
Final plans for second Antarctic expedition Patrons' medal of the Royal Geographic Society £3,000 from government for Scotia reports |
1910 | Musee Oceanographique opened in Monte Carlo by the Prince of Monaco - Bruce present as a guest |
1911 | Oceanographic Iinstitute in Paris opened by the Prince of Monaco
Bruce's Antarctic exhibition in Glasgow Bruce's book on polar exploration published Bruce receives the Neil prize and gold medal of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Narrative and log of Scotia ready for publishers |
1912 | Bruce surveying in Spitsbergen |
1913 | News of Scott's expedition disaster
Ten-day Antarctic exhibition with Burn Murdoch to raise funds for dependants of the Scott expedition Map of Prince Charles Foreland printed by the Prince of Monaco - much of the surveying by Bruce Scotia to Labrador - ice patrol Bruce attends polar conference in Rome |
1914 | Bruce surveying Prince Charles Foreland and Stor Fiord, Spitsbergen |
1915 | Whaling manager in Seychelles - using 75-ton schooner with diesel engine |
1916 | Working for the Admiralty updating sailing directions for the Antarctic
Scotia wrecked on Sully Islands, south Wales |
1917 | Bruce gave evening lectures on general geography at Heriot-Watt College |
1919 | Volumes 2-6 of Scotia reports published
Bruce turned down lectureship at Aberdeen University Prospecting in Spitsbergen |
1920 | Bruce to Spitsbergen as a passenger - not well
David Livingstone Memorial medal of the Hispanic Society of America |
1921 | 28 October - Bruce died |
1923 | Bruce's ashes scattered 54°S 36° W |
1924 | Biography of Bruce published |
1992 | Log of the Scotia published |
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