Bertram, Cambridge Expedition to Bear Island

This material is held atScott Polar Research Institute Archives, University of Cambridge

  • Reference
    • GB 15 Colin Bertram/Cambridge Expedition to Bear Island
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1932
  • Name of Creator
  • Physical Description
    • Diary

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.

Arrangement

Chronological

Related Material

See SPRI collection GB 015 David Lack

Geographical Names