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Description: | Content of collection: Angiospermae.
This small collection of 93 specimens is made up of plants collected during three separate expeditions to Spitzbergen: James Marr's 1925 British Arctic expedition, Terry Keatinge's 1972 expedition and A. R. Lyndon's 1987 expedition. The main family represented in this collection is Saxifragaceae (25 specimens covering 10 species). There are also several Cruciferae, Caryophyllaceae, Gramineae and Salicaceae specimens, including 6 Salix polaris specimens. Marr predominantly collected from Liefde Bay and Green Harbour, whereas Keatinge predominantly collected from Ny-Alesand and Brogger Peninsula. A. R. Lyndon's specimens were mainly collected from Daudmannsoyra in West Spitzbergen.
James.W.S Marr came from Aberdeen. He worked as a cabin boy on the Shackleton-Rowett Expedition (1921-22) when he was young, and later participated in many other expeditions and published marine biology studies. Terry Keatinge was once a student at the University of Aberdeen. | Source: | University of Aberdeen | Address: | King's College,
AB24 3FX | Identifier: | ABDUH:CLD17 | Relation: | ABDUA:CLD00 | Go to resource |
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