The Belgica & Beyond


amateur translations, scans, & assorted research by m.w.
actively under construction.

WRITTEN FROM THE BELGICA 1897-1899

  1. Racovitza’s cartoons 
  2. Racovitza’s shipboard diary
  3. Racovitza’s letters home
  4. Lecointe’s meeting notes

CORRESPONDENCE

  1. before
  2. after

    NEWS OF THE BELGICA 1896-1900

    1. coverage in the Belgian press, translated
    2. coverage in the British press
    3. coverage in the American press
    4. scientific lectures, translated
    5. list of Expedition publications
      6.        a) Lecointe on Danco’s contributions

    QUELQUES EXPÉDITIONS SUIVANTES

    1. de Gerlache & Charcot (the Français)
    2. de Gerlache & the Duke of Orléans (the Belgica in the Arctic)
    3. the failed Second Belgian Antarctic Expedition (Arctowski & Lecointe)
    4. the successful Second Belgian Antarctic Expedition (Gaston de Gerlache)
    5.  the Royal Belgian Observatory
    6. Georges Lecointe’s 20th Century

      MARRIAGES & OTHER LIFE EVENTS

      1. Lecointe Family
      2. Arctowski
      3. de Gerlache
      4. Racovitza
      5. van Mirlo
      6. van Rysselberghe

      ASSORTED BELGICA RESOURCES

      1. bibliography
      2. associated persons
      3. contemporary photographs


      the sailors of the Belgica performing a “starlight concert” on Sept. 26, 1897, from Johan Koren’s diary

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      bibliography & recommendations



      Assorted sources, both digital and print, for further reading. For assistance in acquiring print sources, including the official English translations of some of the French books listed below, please contact packloafertranslations@gmail.com. If you are interested in purchasing your own copies and can’t find them in your local used book shops I highly recommend Erskine Press or Top of the World Books.


      Other Annapurnas’ Heroic Age Reader: the Belgica

      Through the First Antarctic Night by Dr. Frederick A. Cook

      Voyage de la Belgica: Quinze mois dans l’antarctique by Adrien de Gerlache de Gomery 

      Aux pays des manchots by Georges Lecointe

      Madhouse at the End of the Earth by Julian Sancton

      L’antarctique en héritage by Henri de Gerlache de Gomery (only partially uploaded, documentary available for purchase online)

      Johan Koren’s diary (Norwegian, no known translations available)

      De Winter Van De Belgica by Willy Schuyesmans (Dutch novel from Jan Van Mirlo’s perspective, no known translations available)

      Exploration of Antarctic Lands by Henryk Arctowski

      Belgica in the Arctic by Kjell-G. Kjær



      Web Pages about Expedition Members

      Emil Racovita: Photographer & Draftsman

      Roald Amundsen’s House Museum Website: Belgica Expedition
          the personnel of the Belgica
          the Belgica ship itself
        
      Article about Henryk Arctowski (Polish language, automatic digital translation available)
        
      Video Resources

      Dutch Language video on Adrien de Gerlache and the Belgica, includes interviews with his son, the Antarctic explorer Gaston de Gerlache

      The Explorer, a documentary about Emil Racovitza (Romanian with subtitles)

      Belgian Antarctic Expedition presentation by Dagmara Bożek-Andryszczak