Belgica Expedition - Part 1

The Explorers Podcast

Matt Breen

Society & Culture, History, Education

4.8 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 16 August 2023

⏱️ 36 minutes

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In 1897, Belgian naval officer Adrien de Gerlache organized the first major expedition to Antarctica in half a century. It will kick off the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration. The expedition included two men critic to the exploration of the polar regions - Roald Amundsen and Dr. Frederick Cook. The Explorers Podcast is part of the Airwave Media Network: www.airwavemedia.com Interested in advertising on the Explorers Podcast? Email us at [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You're listening to an AirWave Media Podcast.
0:16.0	Hello and welcome to the Explorers Podcast.
0:19.0	When I started this show nearly seven years ago,
0:21.0	I can say that the area of polar exploration was not really in my wheelhouse.
0:26.0	I know the big stories, but even then, just at a very high level.
0:30.0	Well, things have changed a lot since those early days of the show,
0:33.0	and we've covered the Franklin Expedition,
0:35.0	Free Jeff Nansen, and one of the Titans of polar exploration,
0:38.0	Ernest Shackleton.
0:40.0	I've learned so much since we started the show,
0:42.0	one of those things being how many amazing stories there are
0:44.0	about the exploration of the Arctic and Antarctic.
0:48.0	So when I set out to cover another polar expedition or explorer,
0:51.0	the only question was which one?
0:53.0	The biggies are probably Scott, Perry, and Omninson,
0:56.0	but there's so many others, the Genetic Expedition,
0:59.0	Bellingshausen, James Clark Ross, and many others.
1:02.0	Well, in the end, as I pondered all of these great stories,
1:05.0	I focused on the heroic age of Antarctic exploration,
1:08.0	which covers 25 years from 1897 to 1922.
1:12.0	We talked about much of this era with Shackleton,
1:15.0	who really towered over the age,
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