1898
Belgian Antarctic Expedition
Serves on Adrien de Gerlache's Belgica expedition, the first expedition to winter in Antarctica, and learns polar survival lessons including the value of fresh meat against scurvy
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Antarctica in Norway. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Serves on Adrien de Gerlache's Belgica expedition, the first expedition to winter in Antarctica, and learns polar survival lessons including the value of fresh meat against scurvy
After hearing that Frederick Cook and Robert Peary claim the North Pole, decides to redirect his polar ambitions toward Antarctica
Amundsen later pays tribute to Borchgrevink's pioneering work, saying that his ascent of the Barrier opened the way south
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