Adrien de gerlache de gomery report

The collection comprises of letters written by de Gomery to fellow polar explorers including material on the Belgian Antarctic Expedition, He joined the Royal Belgian Navy, taking particular interest in scientific research.

Adrien de gerlache de gomery report

Inhe began planning, organizing and raising funds for a southern polar expedition, eventually leading the Belgian Antarctic Expedition, The ship was beset by pack ice and drifted south of Peter I y for 12 months, the first exploring vessel to winter in the Southern Ocean with its crew becoming the first men wintering south of the Antarctic Circle.

A comprehensive scientific programme was undertaken and detailed collections were made. After this expedition, de Gerlache led a zoological expedition to the Persian Gulf. He made a number of significant expeditions to the Arctic, among them Greenland in and and the Barents and Kara Seas in He did not return to Antarctica, but maintained polar interests and assisted others, including Jean Baptiste Charcot and Ernest Henry Shackleton, with preparations for polar work.

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