Scott's Forgotten Surgeon

As senior surgeon on board Discovery, Dr. Reginald Koettlitz played a vital role in the heroic period of polar exploration when Nansen, Amundsen, Shackleton and Scott dominated the headlines. He was awarded a medal by the Royal Geographical Society for his role in the Discovery Expedition, 1901–04.During the earlier successful three-year Jackson-Harmsworth Expedition to Franz Josef Land, Koettlitz...