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2026-02-23 10:11 UTC
@PoLaRobs@fediscience.org I should have heard of Edinburgh Hill - there are at least three specimens from there in the Hunterian museum collections in Glasgow, which I spent 30 years curating!
https://www.gla.ac.uk/collections/#/results?q=South+shetland&gn=All+Fields
These were collected by Glasgow geologist David Ferguson, who made a lot of trips to the Antarctic, sponsored by Christian Salvasen Ltd before WW1. He made the 1st geological map of South Georgia too. More here if you're interested: https://eprints.gla.ac.uk/97823/
His notebooks are aslo in Glasgow.
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@PoLaRobs@fediscience.org 2026-02-23 22:42
@FaithfullJohn@mastodon.scot That knowledge might come in handy. There's a group of old BAS geologists (from even before I started) who have added me to their email list. Some of them worked on South Georgia. Might help my cred to have some gems of historical knowledge if I go to any of their gatherings 😀