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  Adrian Van De Velde Or Adrien ( - ) Artwork Images, Exhibitions, Reviews
Adrian van de Velde or Adrien, A cow grazing, 17th century
Adrian van de Velde or Adrien, A calf in the pasture, 17th century
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 Henryk Arctowski - Plagiarism on Wikipedia
In 1895 he contacted Adrian de Gerlache de Gomery, organizer of the Belgian Antarctic Expedition, and started work as scientific vice director.
His name has been given to a phenomenon in which a halo resembling a rainbow, with two other partial arcs symmetrical to the main one, forms around the sun as light is refracted through ice crystals in the atmosphere.
Within the field of Geology he went on to conform his own so-called 'Antarktand' hypothesis involving the analogy between the formation of the South Andes, (particularly Tierra del Fuego) and the Graham Peninsula of the Antarctic continent.
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 Expédition Antarctique Belge - Antarctic voyage of the Belgica - The 1897-1899 Expedition to the Antarctic - Polar ...
Adrien de Gerlache and the other members of the voyage were presented medals by King Léopold II, and they were soon telling their tale of adventure to scientific societies and at public gatherings.
Born in Hasselt, Belgium, de Gerlache was educated in Brussels, Belgium.
Adrien de Gerlache died in Brussels, Belgium on 4 December 1934 of paratyphoid.
www.exmaroffshore.com /Belgica.htm   (8922 words)

  
 ANTARCTIC HISTORY
Their admiral F G de Bellingshausen, a German in service to Russia, was a cautious and enterprising man. In 1821 he sighted a rocky coast, that he called Tierra Alejandro I (69º 53'S) in honor of the Russian tsar.
All these verifications were the starting point of further vessel trips that moved their activities southward, having as a meeting point the environs of Shetland Islands and in particular the sheltered island of Deception.
Gerlache´s ship was crushed by the ice pack and drifted among the ices during all the winter.
www.dna.gov.ar /INGLES/DIVULGAC/HISTORIA.HTM   (1326 words)

  
 MUSEA ANTWERPEN - Scheepvaartmuseum
The "Belgica" expedition, led by Adrien de Gerlache de Gomery, was the first-ever expedition to make winter camp at the South Pole.
In 1999, Gastonia de Gerlache (Adrian's son) donated a bust of his father to the museum to commemorate the hundredth anniversary of the expedition's return.
The ship's model of the "Williwaw", the yacht of solo sailor Willy De Roos who sailed the North-West passage in 1977, is a miniature replica of the actual boat that was acquired by the Friends of the National Maritime Museum.
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 Belgium: Polar expeditions
The white field was charged with a red Y letter over a white fimbriated red C letter.
Gaston de Gerlache de Gomery, son of the famous Belgian explorer Adrian de Gerlache de Gomery (the first explorator who overwintered on the Antarctic ice, 1898-1899), received the command of a Belgian expedition in Antarctica for the International Geophysical Year (1956-1957).
According to Gerlache's description, a Belgian flag had been hoisted on top of the stake (not seen on the picture).
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 Antarctic Trip Success - Philadelphia - April 5, 1899
The steamer Belgica, having on board the De Gerlache Antarctic expedition, has arrived at Puenta Arenas, Patagonia.
She was commanded by Adrian de Gerlache, who had with him two lieutenants, one of them being a French naval officer named Lecomte.
The scientific staff consisted of a geologist, a lieutenant of artillery, in charge of the magnetic and meteorological observations; an expert dredger and a physician.
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 History of Antarctica - Article from FactBug.org - the fast Wikipedia mirror site   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
In 1897, an expedition led by Belgian Adrian de Gerlache left Antwerp, Belgium for Antarctica.
The Antarctic Treaty was signed on December 1, 1959 and came into force on June 23, 1961.
A baby, named Emilio Marcos de Palma, was born near Hope Bay on January 7, 1978, becoming the first baby born on the continent.
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 History of Holland - footnotes | Learn Dutch
AREND, J.P. Algemeene Geschiedenis des Vaderlands van de vroegste tijden tot op heden, voortgezet....
De Witt, Cornelis, Ruwaard, 226, 236, 241, 243, 252-255
Margaret, daughter of Louis de Male, Count of Flanders, and wife of Philip the Hardy, 1 f.
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 Norwegian Homefleet - Ships starting with I
In 1896 she was sold to Adrian de Gerlache, a Belgian Naval officer, for use in Antarctic exploration, and renamed Belgica.
Gerlache was leader of the expedition, George Lecointe, ship's captain, and Roald Amundsen, of later fame, was Chief Officer.
Under the leadership of Gerlache she sailed to Greenland.
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 CASTELLOS COLLECTION -Antarctic History
The one selected was the Alferez de Navio, Jose Maria Sobral, who would be the first Argentine to winter in the Antarctic.
The Nordenskjöld`s ship was trapped by the ice and in 1903 the corbet "Uruguay", under the command of the Lte.
With three airplanes named "City of the New York", the "Eleanor Bolling" and the "C.A. Larsen" he penetrated in the Mar de Ross, installed a Base in "Bahia de las Ballenas" (Bay of the Whales) and performed numerous survey flights and shooted aerial pictures.
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 <<Antarctic Dream Expedition - Antarctic Shipping - Antarctic Dream Expeditions and Patagonia>>
We will continuing with the crossing of the Bransfield and Gerlache Straits to enter Andvord Bay where we find Neko Bay.
Neko Bay was discovered by Adrian de Gerlache, a Belgian explorer.
Port Lockroy is close to Wiencke Island in the Antarctic Peninsula and was the principle base of the 1944 Tabarin Operation - the scientific research included the Antarctic’s first ionosphere measurements and also the first recording of an atmospheric whistle.
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 Adrian
Adrian comes from the Latin name Adrianus, or Hadrianus and means “From the Adriatic Sea.”
Although Adrian was the name of several saints and popes (including the only English pope), and although Adrian had been present in England from the 12th century onwards, it has not become common until the late 20th century.
Adrien-Victor Joseph, Baron de Gerlache de Gomery (m., 1866-1934)
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In 1895, Arctowski contacted the famous Belgian explorer, Adrian de Gerlache de Gomery, organizer of the Belgica Antarctic Expedition, and started work as scientific vice-director.
The Norwegian explorer, Roald Amundsen, and another Pole, Antoni Dobrowolski, also participated in this expedition, which lasted from 1897 to 1899 and became the first to winter in the Antarctic.
On completing the expedition, Arctowski took employment at the "Observatoire Royal de Belgique" in Uccle where he worked on materials collected during the Belgica cruise and published the results in Résultats de voyage deBelgica” (1903-1913).
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 Antarctica Cruise: Dream Expedition
In the afternoon we will disembark at Aitcho Island which is in between Greenwich and Robert Islands.
Our Antarctica cruise will continue with the crossing of the Bransfield and Gerlache Straits to enter Andvord Bay where we find Neko Bay.
Port Lockroy is close to Wiencke Island in the Antarctica Peninsula and was the principle base of the 1944 Tabarin Operation - the scientific research included the Antarctica’s first ionosphere measurements and also the first recording of an atmospheric whistle.
www.patagonias.net /antarctica-cruise.htm   (821 words)

  
 Low-Latitude Antarctic Gazetteer Database Index
Cimetière de Montmartre, 20 Avenue Rachel, Paris, France.
des Nations 9 (Manhattan Center) pl. Rogier 1000, Brussels, Belgium.
Museo Nacional de Historia Natural (Natural History Museum).
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 Antarctic Cruise,Call Center.
We should be able to see Gentoo and Chinstrap penguins as well as Weddell Sea seals and sea elephants before continuing with the crossing of the Bransfield and Gerlache Straits to enter Andvord Bay where we find Neko Bay.
Besides the magnificent scenery of mountains, snow and ice, in Antarctica you can expect to see a wide variety of the native wildlife, including thousands of nests of Gentoo, Chinstrap, and Adelie penguins.
Neko Bay was discovered by Adrian de Gerlache, a Belgian explorer between 1897 and 1899 and it is called Neko after the Norwegian whale ship which operated in this area from 1911 to 1912 and from 1923 to 1924.
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 LiEge Province Belgium: Free Encyclopedia Articles at Questia.com Online Library
Book by Commandant De Gerlache De Gomery, Bernard Miall; Hodder and Stoughton, 1918
No tour existed in the province of Liege, but some were maintained in...abandonments and infanticides in the province of Liege by an attitude common in the...causes de la criminalite dans la province de Liege," Bulletin de la Commission...
Journal article by Nik Van Larebeke, Luc Hens, Paul Schepens, Adrian Covaci, Jan Baeyens, Kim Everaert, Jan L. Bernheim, Robert Vlietinck, Geert De Poorter; Environmental Health Perspectives, Vol.
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 Belgium: Polar expeditions   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The picture on the cover of Vexillacta (see reference below) shows Gerlache unfurling the expedition pennant tied at 'half-mast' to a bamboo stake, 70°26' S, 24°19' E near King Baudoin I basis.
On top of the mast supporting the radio antenna of the basis, the expedition flag was hoisted under the national flag.
The next two Belgian expeditions (Bastin and Derom, 1959-1961) used a slightly modified version of the original expedition flag and pennant.
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 "Tekeli-li"
The narrator joins M. de Horstrone, in command of the warship "Fredelingue", and leaves Amsterdam on 4 January 1705 for the Cap de bonne Esperance (Cape of Good Hope).
Gerlad de Lacy of Ireland is projected to December 14, 2174.
Note: Doña Isabel (Barreto de Mendaña de Castro) explored the South Seas in 1595.
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 James WEDDELL
Weddell encountered severe storms, and a leak in the Jane forced him to put in at Montevideo.
Repairs completed, the Jane sailed from the Río de la Plata on 4.5.24 and reached the Thames on 9.7.24.
His record for a southerly voyage, three degrees beyond that of Cook, caused some raised eyebrows.
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 Antarctic Dream -
We should be able to see Gentoo and Chinstrap penguins as well as Weddell Sea seals and sea elephants before continuing with the crossing of the Brainsfield and Gerlache Straits to enter Andvord Bay where we find Neko Bay.
Neko Bay was discovered by Adrian de Gerlache, a Belgian explorer between 1897 and 1899 and it is called Neko after the Norwegian whaleship which operated in this area from 1911 to 1912 and from 1923 to 1924.
Gaudier Island is close to Wienecke Island in the Antarctic Peninsula and was the principle base of the 1944 Tabarin Operation - the scientific research included the Antarctic`s first ionosphere measurements and also the first recording of an atmospheric whistle.
www.adventure-life.com /antarctica/antarctic-dream/antarctica-tours/13/67   (1455 words)

  
 Antarctica Travels - Adventure Expedition Cruises from Ushuaia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The Island counts also with different historical sites of interest for those who have an adventurous spirit, bound to human townships during the 19th and 20th centuries dedicated to seal and penguin hunting.
Holmberg, Beauvoir, Adrian Gerlache, Fagnano, among others…it’s a dreamed voyage where you may become one of them!
We’ll board zodiacs to Cape San Juan de Salvamento where we shall be able to discover up to 7,500.00 Rock hoppers’ nests, other penguin colonies, marine otters, Andean condors and turkey vultures during their search for food.
www.antarcticatravels.com /exc07-statenisland.htm   (701 words)

  
 Rex Travel ~ Rex Lancaster, the Bear - Journal
Belgian explorer Adrian de Gerlache named the channel after Charles Lemaire, the Belgian explorer of the Congo.
We had a number of big flows with six and seven crabeater seals laying out very peacefully on them, little concerned with the red jackets that came floating by.
The day began early with Captain Kruess deftly navigating ‘Explorer II’ through the narrows called Neptune’s Bellows and entering the inside of Deception Island, so-named because of the protected bay hidden behind the walls of the volcanic crater or caldera.
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 Chile
Inside the plaza is the Monument a los Héroes de Iquique, a memorial for those killed during the War of the Pacific.
Morning sightseeing tour of Buenos Aires, which will take you to the Plaza de Mayo for view of Cathedral and Casa Rosada (Presidential Palace).Then along 9 de Julio Avenue, widest street in the world, with its much photographed Obelisco and Teatro Colon, La Recoleta and finally, to the colorful Boca District.
City tour takes you to the Plaza de Mayo for view of Cathedral and Casa Rosada (Presidential Palace).Then along 9 de Julio Avenue, widest street in the world, with its much-photographed Obelisco and Teatro Colon and finally, to the colorful Boca District.
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 Flavobacterium
degerlachei, named in honour of Adrian de Gerlache (the pioneer who conducted the first scientific expedition to Antarctica in 1897-1899).
ZIMMERMANN (O.E.R.): Die Bakterien unserer Trink- und Nutzwässer, insbesondere des Wassers der Chemnitzer Wasserleitung.
[STUTZER (M.) In: STUTZER (M.) and KWASCHNINA (A.): Aussaaten aus den Fäzes des Menschen gelbe Kolonien bildende Bakterien (Gattung Flavobacterium u.a.).
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 antarctica   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The landing spot was at Cape Adere on the west side of Ross Sea.
An international team led by belgian Adrian de Gerlache was the first to spend the winter south of the Antarctic circle on board the ship "Belgica".
The team members included norwegian Roald Amundsen and american Frederick Cook, the ship's physician.
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 Intute Timeline - Exploration (Subject: All)
European discovery of the Grand Canyon by Garcia Lopez de Cardenas
A three year exploration and charting of the South Pacific is carried out by French explorer Louis de Bougainville
First explorers, led by Adrian de Gerlache, winter in Antarctica More about:
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 Amazon.com: "normalized profiles": Key Phrase page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Figures 5 and 6 show normalized profiles for the three parameters and their smoothed (order 3) sums for the two snowpits.
Key Phrases in this book: Terra Nova Bay, Ross Sea, Styx Glacier, Gerlache Inlet, Victoria Land, Wood Bay, pack ice melting, clean chemistry laboratory, particulated matter, sea water samples, firn core, pack melting (See more)
See all pages with references to normalized profiles.
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