Over 120 years ago a Belgian expedition set sail for the Antarctic. Under the command of Adrien de Gerlache de Gomery it was the first expedition of a purely scientific nature and it provided a wealth of information along with the first pictures ever taken on the ice. Though the explorers did not reach the Pole they were the first to overwinter in the Antarctic. On board the ship were Roald Amundsen, the future conqueror of the South Pole and Dr Frederick Cook, who had already explored much of the Arctic with Commander Robert Peary and who later claimed to be the first to reach the North Pole.... View More...
Over 120 years ago a Belgian expedition set sail for the Antarctic. Under the command of Adrien de Gerlache de Gomery it was the first expedition of a purely scientific nature and it provided a wealth of information along with the first pictures ever taken on the ice. Though the explorers did not reach the Pole they were the first to overwinter in the Antarctic. On board the ship were Roald Amundsen, the future conqueror of the South Pole and Dr Frederick Cook, who had already explored much of the Arctic with Commander Robert Peary and who later claimed to be the first to reach the North Pole.... View More...
Over 120 years ago a Belgian expedition set sail for the Antarctic. Under the command of Adrien de Gerlache de Gomery it was the first expedition of a purely scientific nature and it provided a wealth of information along with the first pictures ever taken on the ice. Though the explorers did not reach the Pole they were the first to overwinter in the Antarctic. On board the ship were Roald Amundsen, the future conqueror of the South Pole and Dr Frederick Cook, who had already explored much of the Arctic with Commander Robert Peary and who later claimed to be the first to reach the North Pole.... View More...
Archibald Lang McLean in 1911 applied to join Douglas Mawson?s Australasian Antarctic Expedition as the expedition?s doctor and bacteriologist. On the expedition he studied the effects of the Antarctic environment on other members of the expedition and carried out medical tests and examinations. It has been suggested that through this work he laid the foundations for modern physiological research in the Antarctic. When Aurora returned to collect the expedition, Mawson, Ninnis and Mertz had not returned from their sledging expedition and McLean volunteered to stay and if necessary search for Ma... View More...
Archibald Lang McLean in 1911 applied to join Douglas Mawson?s Australasian Antarctic Expedition as the expedition?s doctor and bacteriologist. On the expedition he studied the effects of the Antarctic environment on other members of the expedition and carried out medical tests and examinations. It has been suggested that through this work he laid the foundations for modern physiological research in the Antarctic. When Aurora returned to collect the expedition, Mawson, Ninnis and Mertz had not returned from their sledging expedition and McLean volunteered to stay and if necessary search for Ma... View More...
Archibald Lang McLean in 1911 applied to join Douglas Mawson?s Australasian Antarctic Expedition as the expedition?s doctor and bacteriologist. On the expedition he studied the effects of the Antarctic environment on other members of the expedition and carried out medical tests and examinations. It has been suggested that through this work he laid the foundations for modern physiological research in the Antarctic. When Aurora returned to collect the expedition, Mawson, Ninnis and Mertz had not returned from their sledging expedition and McLean volunteered to stay and if necessary search for Ma... View More...
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