The contradictions between the original three master Belgica and present regulations

• Main Authors: Lataire, Evert, Vantorre, Marc, Heylbroeck, Bart, De Ketelaere, Bert
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: Royal Institution of Naval Architects (RINA) 2009
• Subjects: Technology and Engineering; Belgica; historic ships; replica; three master; Antarctic; Austral; De Gerlache; Gerlache; The Antarctic; Antarc*; polar night
• Online Access: https://biblio.ugent.be/publication/1060331; http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-1060331; https://biblio.ugent.be/publication/1060331/file/1060334

On 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 po...