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One was that fresh seal meat had vitamin C which would help in curing scurvy. De Gerlache - Belgica - 1897-1899 Belgian Antarctic Expedition Borchgrevink - Southern Cross - 1898-1900 British Antarctic Expedition.

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Roald learned valuable lessons of survival during these early trips that would help him later on.

Belgica antarctica expedition. Shackleton dramatization DVD Kenneth Branagh 2002 Frozen Planet Complete Series - BBC DVD and Blu-ray Instant video. Terra Nova Latin for new land was built in 1884 for the Dundee whaling and sealing fleet. The Imperial Trans-Antarctic expedition of 19141917 is considered to be the last major expedition of the Heroic Age of Antarctic ExplorationConceived by Sir Ernest Shackleton the expedition was an attempt to make the first land crossing of the Antarctic continentAfter Roald Amundsens South Pole expedition in 1911 this crossing remained in Shackletons words the one great main object.

The Endurance - Book Alfred Lansing. Another was to use animal skins rather than wool coats to keep warm. Northwest Passage In 1903.

It became the first expedition to survive the winter on the Arctic. British Trans-Antarctica Expedition Shackleton - Quest - 1921-22 Shackleton - Rowett Expedition. In 1887 he was first mate on a ship named the Belgica.

In 1903 she sailed in company with fellow ex-whaler SY Morning to. She was ideally suited to the polar regions and worked for 10 years in the annual seal fishery in the Labrador Sea proving her worth for many years before she was called upon for expedition work.

Belgian Antarctic Expedition 1897 1899 Frederick A Cook