Bertram, Cambridge Expedition to Bear Island

Scope and Content

  • MS 1057/6;BJ Diary, 1932 1 volume, holograph

Administrative / Biographical History

The Cambridge Expedition to Bear Island, 1932 saw two men (Bertram and David Lack) carry out a biological and ornithological study on the Island. First sighted in 1596 the island was frequented by whalers from the seventeenth century onwards.

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Chronological

Related Material

See SPRI collection GB 015 David Lack

Geographical Names