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Show I FAMOUS SHIP THAT EXPLORED THE ANTARCTIC IS NOW A WRECK ; f w i tm The ruins of the S. S. Scotia, beached at Sully, England. Jit " The fame of the Scotia, which burned in Bristol Channel this month and was beached at Sully, lay in tho Ml' fact that she carried the Scottish national antarctic expedition to the South Polar regions under the command at. of Dr. William S. Bruce, where she carried out some valuable work in co-operation with the English expedi- W tion under Captain Scott, and German and Swedish expeditions. Following the ill-fated voyage of the Titanic, -ii Jhc Scotia -was used to carry out ice observations meteorology and occanoeraDhin the .North Atlantic ocoan. .W' |