Recently, a team of scientists announced the arrival of 115 meteorites in Brussels, where they are being thawed, preserved, and classified at the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences ...

So far the Belgian expedition has yielded most information of a useful kind, and the two latest papers of its enthusiastic geologist, M. Henryk Argtowski, are of more than usual value.1 The ...

Two Belgian explorers will attempt to set a world record for the longest ever polar expedition without the outside support or motorised aid, travelling over 6,000 km (3,728 miles) in 100 days ...

It's an idea that Sigfox is putting to the test after revealing that it's equipping an Antarctic research base with its low-power wireless network.

Editor's note: This segment was rebroadcast on Jan. 7, 2022. Click here for that audio. In 1897, daring Belgian commander Adrien de Gerlache set out to become the first explorer to visit the Earth ...

THE BELGICA'S ANTARCTIC TRIP; A Message from Dr. Cook Tells of the Success of the Belgian Government's Expedition. Share full article. April 5, 1899.

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – A Belgian and a Canadian have became the first people to circle the Greenland ice sheet, covering an Arctic record 4,000 kilometres (2,485 miles) in 55 days by using kites ...

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 ...

IN THE DESOLATE ANTARCTIC.; Dr. Cook's Lecture and Striking Illustrations of the Voyage of the Belgica. Give this article Share full article. Nov. 24, 1899.