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A LARGE and enthusiastic meeting, organised by the Royal Scottish Geographical Society, was held in the Synod Hall, Edinburgh, on Thursday evening, March 17, to hear the plans of Dr. Bruce for his second Antarctic expedition. Prof. J. Geikie, F.R.S., president of the society, was in the chair, and was supported by a number of representatives of Scottish scientific bodies and others. The keynote of the meeting was that the aim of the expedition was to be throughout scientific. This was emphasised first of all by the chairman, who on that ground disclaimed the idea against which a needless protest had been put forth by the president of the Geographical Society of Berlin, that Antarctic exploration should be in any way reserved for any particular nation, and, in view of the immense field for scientific investigation in Antarctica, welcomed the friendly rivalry of all nations in carrying out that work.
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The Proposed Scottish National Antarctic Expedition of 1911. Nature 83, 101–102 (1910). https://doi.org/10.1038/083101a0
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