Where wise men dare not tread: Belgium in Antarctica (1957 - 1970)

• Main Author: Van Autenboer, T.
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: 2000
• Subjects: Expeditions; Antarctica; Antarctic; De Gerlache; Dronning Maud Land; Gaston; Gaston de Gerlache; Gerlache; Sør Rondane Mountains; Sør-Rondane; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Ice Shelf
• Online Access: https://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/368521.pdf

The Belgian research in Antarctica between 1957 and 1970 is reviewed. The efforts to convince the authorities to participate in the "International Geophysical Year" with an Antarctic programme started much earlier. These efforts were crowned with success when Gaston de Gerlache and his tea...