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Journey to the end of the world: the full horror of the Belgica s Antarctic expedition

Journey to the end of the world: the full horror of the Belgica s Antarctic expedition
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Madhouse at the End of the Earth: The Belgica s Journey into the Dark Antarctic Night

Photos from the end of the Earth : Story of 19th century Antarctic expedition that ended with the crew going insane after the Belgica was trapped in the ice for more than a year is told in a harrowing new book Author Julian Sancton has written a new book charting the journey of a 19th century expedition to Antarctica Belgica, a three-mast barque, left Antwerp on August 16, 1897 on the first scientific mission to the continent But the ship became trapped in the ice and the crew fell prey to illness and insanity before freeing themselves  Sancton was given exclusive access to the ship s logs, letters and photographs and shares them here 

The Antarctic Expedition That Changed Modern Medicine

The Antarctic Expedition That Changed Modern Medicine Time 5/12/2021 Julian Sancton © Library of Congress / Frederick A. Cook Society The Belgica, stuck fast in the pack ice of Antarctica s Bellingshausen sea, in 1898. Library of Congress. Frederick A. Cook Society. The American explorer Frederick Albert Cook is remembered today, if he’s remembered at all, for having likely lied about reaching the North Pole in 1908. Hailed as the Neil Armstrong of his day when he announced he’d seen the top of the world, he very quickly became the Lance Armstrong of his day after being pegged as a fraud. But years earlier, as the surgeon on a grueling Antarctic expedition, the subject of my new book

Milline huumorimeel! Berit Sal-Saller näeb Toompea protestijate asemel ohtu mujal: neid oleks iga eestlase kohta 30 tükki

Milline huumorimeel! Berit Sal-Saller näeb Toompea protestijate asemel ohtu mujal: neid oleks iga eestlase kohta 30 tükki
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First Hand Reports Of Early Encounters With Ancient American Cultures

Early Explorers: Ferdinand Magellan & Antonio Pigafetta Portuguese-born, Spanish-crown-commissioned captain  Ferdinand Magellan  may be the most renowned of all early explorers. His circumnavigation of the globe was the first in recorded history and is arguably the greatest sea voyage in the  Age of Discovery . Between 1519 and 1522 AD the intrepid crew of the carrack, aptly named “The Victoria,” rounded the southern tip of South America. They named this land  Patagones, the Spanish  pata meaning foot hence this name means “the land of the bigfeet.” According to the official chronicles, painstakingly recorded by Antonio Pigafetta, as they approached the shore of this strange land, they witnessed a giant, naked man dancing and anointing himself with powder. A crew member was sent ashore to make contact and did so by imitating the giant’s gestures. 

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