 The author, whom commentators recognised was "not known for either his modesty or his tact", embarked on a lecture tour of England and Scotland, but the reception was generally poor.Despite the unexplained disappearance of many of Hansen's notes, Hugh Robert Mill described the expedition as "interesting as a dashing piece of scientific work".The meteorological and magnetic conditions of Victoria Land had been recorded for a full year; the location of the South Magnetic Pole had been calculated (though not visited); samples of the continent's natural fauna and flora, and of its geology, had been collected.