 Within these premises Bruce housed his meteorological and oceanographic equipment , in preparation for future expeditions . He also met there with fellow @-@ explorers , including Nansen , Shackleton , and Roald Amundsen . His main task , however , was masterminding the preparation of the SNAE scientific reports . These , at considerable cost and much delay , were published between 1907 and 1920 , except for one volume — Bruce 's own log — that remained unpublished until 1992 , after its rediscovery . Bruce maintained a wide correspondence with experts , including Sir Joseph Hooker , who had travelled to the Antarctic with James Clark Ross in 1839 – 43 , and to whom Bruce dedicated his short book Polar Exploration . 
