Baron Adrien Victor Joseph de Gerlache de Gomery FRSGS was a Belgian officer in the Belgian Royal Navy who led the Belgian Antarctic Expedition of 1897–99.
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Adrien de Gerlache
Belgian navy officer
Baron Adrien Victor Joseph de Gerlache de Gomery FRSGS was a Belgian officer in the Belgian Royal Navy who led the Belgian Antarctic Expedition of 1897–99. Wikipedia
Born: August 2, 1866, Hasselt, Belgium
Died: December 4, 1934 (age 68 years), Brussels Agglomeration, Belgium
Nationality: Belgian
Children: Gaston de Gerlache
Spouse(s): Suzanne Poulet (1904-1913); Elisabeth Höjer (1918-1934)
Grandchild: Hélène de Gerlache de Gomery
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8 days ago · Belgian naval officer who led the first Antarctic expedition concentrating on scientific observation (1897–99).
De Gerlache was an idealistic young officer with a passion to explore the southern latitudes. Unfortunately, his timing was poor.
Born: 1866, Hasselt, Belgium Died: 1934, Brussels, Belgium. Adrien Victor Joseph de Gerlache de Gomery had long dreamed of a seafaring career when he quit ...
The Belgica under the command of Adrien de Gerlache set out from Antwerp, Belgium at the end of August 1897. It is one of the most fascinating of the early ...
The Belgian Antarctic Expedition of 1897–1899 was the first expedition to winter in the Antarctic region. Led by Adrien de Gerlache de Gomery aboard the RV ...
Aug 28, 2010 · De Gerlache made a number of important expeditions to the Arctic, among them Greenland in 1905 and 1909 and the Barents and Kara Seas in 1907.
An Antarctic scientific expedition initiated and led by a young naval lieutenant, Adrien Victor Joseph, Baron de Gerlache de Gomery.
ADRIEN DE GERLACHE BE GOMERY died in his sixty-ninth year on December 4. When a young lieutenant in the Belgian navy, he conceived the idea of organising an ...
In 1897–99, Adrien de Gerlache sailed the Belgica into Antarctica's ice-filled waters. This was the first major scientific expedition of the heroic age and ...