Donald, correspondence

• MS 101/36/1-3;D Letters (3) to William Speirs Bruce, 1913 [On loan of a set of slides] holograph
• MS 100/25/1-4;D Letters (4) to Hugh Robert Mill, 1892 to 1893 [Partly on voyage of the Active] holograph

The British Whaling Exploration, 1892-1893 (Captains Fairweather, Robertson, Davidson and Davidson) sailed from Dundee in this pioneering whaling reconnaissance. The four ships Balena, Active, Diana and Polar Star also carried scientific staff including William Speirs Bruce and Donald. The voyage covered the Falkland Islands, the Joinville Island group and northern Trinity Peninsular.

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Thomas Robertson who captained the Active on which Donald sailed later captained the Scotia during the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition, 1902-1904 (leader William Speirs Bruce).

The Institute holds several archival collections containing material on the whaling voyages sent to the southern oceans during the nineteenth century, these include archival collections for GB 015 William Speirs Bruce and GB 015 Thomas Robertson.

Thomas Robertson who captained the Active on which Donald sailed later captained the Scotia during the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition, 1902-1904 (leader William Speirs Bruce).