[meteorite-list] Update: Captain Scott's meteorites

[tracy latimer]

A couple of months ago, I proposed a question to the List about possible 
meteorites having been brought back from Antarctica in Captain Scott's rock 
samples.  I just heard back from Dr. Sara Russell at the British Natural 
History Museum, where I have been trying to arrange a viewing of the 
meteorites in storage when I visit London this fall. The mineralogy 
department there also is responsible for curating the rock samples from 
Captain Scott's expedition.   She said that, as interesting an idea as it 
might have been, there were definitely NO meteorites brought back in Captain 
Scott's effects.  Oh, well; it would have been an extra dose of science 
gained from a tragic loss.

Tracy Latimer