a brief mention or footnote, with little attention given to its achievements. Bruce lacked charisma, had no public relations skills ("...as prickly as the Scottish thistle itself", according to a lifelong friend), and tended to make powerful enemies. In the words of oceanographer Professor Tony Rice, his expedition fulfilled "a more comprehensive programme than that of any previous or contemporary Antarctic expedition". The expedition ship Scotia was requisitioned during the Great War, and saw service as a freighter. On 18 January 1916 she caught fire, and was burned out on a sandbank in the Bristol Channel. One hundred years after Bruce, a 2003 expedition, in a modern version of Scotia'', used information collected by the SNAE as a basis for examining climate change in South Georgia during the past century. This expedition asserted that its contribution to the international debate on global warming would be a fitting testament to the SNAE's pioneering research. See also Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration List of Antarctic expeditions Notes and references Notes References Sources Books Online External links 1902 in Scotland 1902 in Antarctica 1903 in Antarctica 1904 in Antarctica National Antarctic Expedition United Kingdom and the Antarctic Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration Antarctic expeditions Expeditions from the United Kingdom 1902 in science 1903 in science 1904 in science