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Section 1: Background - Arctic and Antarctic
The start of a memorable expedition
Comparison of Arctic and Antarctic regions
The search for the Northwest Passage
Where does Antarctica come from?
Why is it the Antarctic so cold?
What effect does the wind have?
Why is the atmosphere so clear?
What would happen if the ice melted?
Why do people live in Antarctica?
Section 2: Antarctic Exploration
Captain James Cook (1728-1779)
First International Polar Year 1882-83
Scott's British Antarctic Expedition 1901-03
German Antarctic Expedition 1901-03
Scottish National Antarctic Expedition 1902-04
Antarctic expeditions 1907-1918
Antarctic exploration 1926-1952
International Geophysical Year 1957-58
Robert Swan Expedition 1984-85
International co-operation from 1990
Section 3: Scott, Shackleton and Amundsen
Robert Falcon Scott - Scott of the Antarctic
The British Antarctic Expedition 1901-1904
The southern journey, November 1902
The western journey, October 1903
Shackleton and the Discovery expedition
The Nimrod expedition, 1907-1909
Scott's journey to the South Pole
Shackleton's Imperial Transantarctic Expedition
The journey to Elephant Island
Section 4: William Speirs Bruce - early exploration
Fridtjof Nansen, explorer and oceanographer, 1861-1930
Princess Alice Expedition 1898 and 1899
Section 5: Voyage of the Scotia
Planning and financing the expedition
Second cruise in the Weddell Sea
Soundings and dredgings by Scotia
Second winter on Laurie Island
Summary of 1901-05 expeditions
Section 6: After the Scotia expedition
Plans for a second Antarctic expedition
The Scottish oceanographic laboratory
Prince Charles Foreland and Spitsbergen (Svalbard)
Polar explorers and William Bruce
Section 7: The legacy of Bruce
Movements of the South Magnetic Pole
Working for the British Antarctic Survey
Achievements of British Antarctic Survey
How do you know when you are at the South Pole?
George Lennox Watson 1851-1904
Log of Scotia, January 1904, Buenos Aires
Log of the Scotia, 12 March 1904, Coats Land
World history during the heroic age of Antarctic exploration
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