Belgae
Belgian Antarctic Expedition
The Belgian Antarctic Expedition (BelgAE) of
1897 to
1899, named after its expedition vessel
Belgica, was the first expedition to winter in the Antarctic region.It left
Antwerp, Belgium on
August 16,
1897 and head towards the west coast of the
Antarctic peninsula. Due to bad seamanship they were frozen in nearby
Peter I Island, and drifted helplessly around the
Bellinghausen Sea for the next thirteen months.They were poorly equipped, and the conditions were hard, but nevertheless they still managed to collect a significant amount of scientific data.
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Belga
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Belgae (pl.); (people of N Gaul - in Caesar's Gallic War)