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Daily Record
Daily Record
National
Melanie Bonn

Scone man has sub-Antarctic islands named after him at presentation by Sir David Attenborough

A man from Scone edging towards retirement can say with pride that a group of low-lying rocks in the British Sub-Antarctic will carry his name forever.

Mike Gloistein has enjoyed a 33 year-long career at sea with the British Antarctic Survey (BAS), first as a radio officer and latterly as an electronics officer.

Over three decades he’s worked aboard four different research vessels but he now works on the famous ship, HMS Sir David Attenborough.

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