Two polar explorers: W. S. Bruce and G. Isachsen. In the background is
Professor Hergesell of Strasbourg who conducted many upper atmosphere
experiments with sounding balloons between 1904 and 1907. Bruce overwintered
in both the Arctic and Antarctic. He directed the British Scotia expedition.
Plate IV, print 8. In: "Results of the Scientific Campaigns ..." Vol. 89.
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