Belgica in the Arctic

• Published in: Polar Record
• Main Author: Kjaer, K.-G.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2005
• Subjects: Research vessels; Antarctica; Belgium; Norway; PN; Arctic; Antarctic; Baldwin; De Gerlache; Gerlache; Greenland; Isfjord; Jakobsen; Longyearbyen; Sandefjord; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Northern Norway
• Online Access: http://www.vliz.be/nl/open-marien-archief?module=ref&refid=100407

Belgica , which Adrien de Gerlache used on the first expedition to winter in the Antarctic, was originally a bottlenose whaler named Patria , built in Norway in 1884. She was designed and constructed by Johan Chr. Jakobsen, renowned for his design of polar ships. Patria was sold to Adrien de Gerlach...