William Speirs Bruce The Last Explorers : Season 1 Episode 2
BBC One int(0)
Aired: December 1st, 2011 @ 9:00 PM EST on BBC One
Following in the footsteps of a scientific explorer who has become all but lost to history, Neil charts the remarkable story of William Speirs Bruce, one of Britain's greatest, but least-known, explorers. Bruce set out to conquer Antarctica, not for imperial glory, but to advance scientific knowledge in an era when exploration had become harnessed to national prestige