 During his year at Cape Flora Bruce collected around 700 zoological specimens , in often very disagreeable conditions . According to Jackson : " It is no pleasant job to dabble in icy @-@ cold water , with the thermometer some degrees below zero , or to plod in the summer through snow , slush and mud many miles in search of animal life , as I have known Mr Bruce frequently to do " . Jackson named Cape Bruce after him , on the northern edge of Northbrook Island , at 80 ° 55 ′ N. Jackson was less pleased with Bruce 's proprietarial attitude to his personal specimens , which he refused to entrust to the British Museum with the expedition 's other finds . This " tendency towards scientific conceit " , and lack of tact in interpersonal dealings , were early demonstrations of character flaws that in later life would be held against him . 
