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FROM first to last there was high courage in the Scotia voyage. Dr. Bruce organised it single-handed, backed, of course, by generous pecuniary help from Mr. Coats and others, and he brought it to a successful finish with a minimum of loss or wastage. We do not forget the wise and wary captain and his loyal crew, or the fearless company of scientific assistants, or those who have helped to work up the results; but as volume follows volume from the unpretentious, hardworking laboratory at Surgeons' Hall in Edinburgh, we cannot withhold our admiration for what has been accomplished essentially by Dr. Bruce's pluck and determination. Both these qualities will be needed, we fear, before the tale of the Scotia voyage is fully told, for working up and editing scientific results is an arduous and unrernunerative business, requiring all the encouragement it can get and a great deal more. “More power to your elbow, sir, in this unromantic age.”
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Zoology of the Antarctic 1 . Nature 80, 161–163 (1909). https://doi.org/10.1038/080161a0
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