Add to ORKGOn 16 August 1897, the Belgian captain Adrien de Gerlache together with an international crew of 15 left Antwerp (Belgium) for the Antarctic on the three-master Belgica. This expedition was the first Antarctic expedition of a purely scientific nature and the first to spend a winter in the austral polar night. Trapped in ice in March 1898 she managed to escape in February the year after. She was initially built as a whaler with a length of 34.60m, beam of 7.28m and draught of 3.46m. In 2007 a project was initiated to build a replica (or look alike) of this vessel at the workshops of De Steenschuit (Boom, Belgium), specialized in traditional shipbuilding techniques and maritime restoration. After a short historic review and a description of t...
9 pages, 7 figuresSupporting Antarctic scientific investigation is the job of the national Antarctic...
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For 30 years RV Belgica has been the marine infrastructure for Belgian marine scientists working on ...
On 16 August 1897, the Belgian captain Adrien de Gerlache together with an international crew of 15 ...
Belgica, which Adrien de Gerlache used on the first expedition to winter in the Antarctic, was origi...
Belgium has been interested in and involved in Antarctic studies for over a century. The name of Adr...
The Belgica expedition, which left Belgium in August 1897, was the first to spend 13 months continuo...
Belgium has been interested in and involved in Antarctic studies for over a century. The name of Adr...
The Belgica expedition, which left Belgium in August 1897, was the first to spend 13 months continuo...
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Antarctic exploration is no new subject for discussion at the meetings of the Royal Society of Tasm...
James Cook in his voyage of 1774–1775 is generally credited with the discovery of the Antarctic. He ...
The first scientific exploration of the Antarctic dates to the end of the seventeenth century, when ...
The Southern Cross Antarctic Expedition 1898-1900 is a largely forgotten chapter in Antarctic histor...
The latest in a series of Great Geographical Discoveries was the finding of a southern ice continent ...
9 pages, 7 figuresSupporting Antarctic scientific investigation is the job of the national Antarctic...
... In 1884, Eskimos hunting off the south coast of Greenland found a number of relics from the Jean...
For 30 years RV Belgica has been the marine infrastructure for Belgian marine scientists working on ...
On 16 August 1897, the Belgian captain Adrien de Gerlache together with an international crew of 15 ...
Belgica, which Adrien de Gerlache used on the first expedition to winter in the Antarctic, was origi...
Belgium has been interested in and involved in Antarctic studies for over a century. The name of Adr...
The Belgica expedition, which left Belgium in August 1897, was the first to spend 13 months continuo...
Belgium has been interested in and involved in Antarctic studies for over a century. The name of Adr...
The Belgica expedition, which left Belgium in August 1897, was the first to spend 13 months continuo...
It might be argued that this paper does not sensu stricto contribute to "polar science". It however ...
Antarctic exploration is no new subject for discussion at the meetings of the Royal Society of Tasm...
James Cook in his voyage of 1774–1775 is generally credited with the discovery of the Antarctic. He ...
The first scientific exploration of the Antarctic dates to the end of the seventeenth century, when ...
The Southern Cross Antarctic Expedition 1898-1900 is a largely forgotten chapter in Antarctic histor...
The latest in a series of Great Geographical Discoveries was the finding of a southern ice continent ...
9 pages, 7 figuresSupporting Antarctic scientific investigation is the job of the national Antarctic...
... In 1884, Eskimos hunting off the south coast of Greenland found a number of relics from the Jean...
For 30 years RV Belgica has been the marine infrastructure for Belgian marine scientists working on ...