therefore mostly depends on the physical data from archeological sites. Interpretation of ice-core and clam-shell data suggests that between AD 800 and 1300...

sections of the Northwest Passage in the Canadian Arctic and to record magnetic data to help determine whether a better understanding could aid navigation. The...

original on 13 June 2007. Retrieved 8 May 2007. "Key figures". National Bank of Belgium. Archived from the original on 30 April 2007. Retrieved 19 May...

Greenland about 700 km (430 mi) away, though some perhaps semi-permanent gravel banks lie slightly closer. The nearest permanently inhabited place is Alert on...

the botanists Joseph Banks and Daniel Solander. This first landing site was later to be promoted (particularly by Joseph Banks) as a suitable candidate...

one of the pioneers of bacteriology and immunology (1822–1907) Adrien de Gerlache, officer of the Belgian Navy and leader of the Belgian Antarctic Expedition...

Belgian Antarctic Expedition as a steersman. For this adventure Adrien de Gerlache purchased the whale catcher Patria for 70,000 francs, overhauled the engine...

(1858–1942) – Writer Jan van Eyck (ca.1390–1441) – Flemish painter Adrien de Gerlache (1866–1934) – Former Antarctica explorer Lambert of Maastricht,– Early...

 335. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_3925. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3. "LCDB Data for (3936) Elst". Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB). Archived from the...

between Brabant and Anvers Islands, with Bransfield Strait to the north and Gerlache Strait to the south. It is one of only two known sites near Palmer Station...

aboard the Belgica. The expedition was led by the Belgian officer Adrien de Gerlache, who was also the ship's owner. On 16 August 1897, under the aegis of the...

from the Cretaceous to present times, and outcrops are found along the Gerlache Strait, the Lemaire Channel, Argentine Islands, and Adelaide Island. These...

season. They conducted studies in magnetism, and returned with oceanographic data and collections of botanical and ornithological specimens. The plants were...

 32) Beardmore's help took the form of guaranteeing a loan at Clydesdale Bank, for £7,000 (equivalent to £951,049 in 2023), not through an outright gift...

(1869–1898), who participated in the Antarctic expedition of Adrien de Gerlache, was responsible for the photography and observation of geomagnetism. He...

additions to scientific knowledge. His letters of this period to Sir Joseph Banks, whose acquaintance he had made a few years earlier, no doubt gave the first...

Observing System (SOOS). This provides access to meta data for a significant proportion of the data collected in the regions over the past decades including...

station is also home to the continent's two ATMs, both provided by Wells Fargo Bank. The work done at McMurdo Station primarily focuses on science, but most...

southwest through the Prince of Wales Strait between Victoria Island and Banks Island might be passable, or South: From Lancaster Sound west past Prince...

in the great cabin. It was originally planned that the naturalist Joseph Banks and an appropriate entourage would sail with Cook, so a heightened waist...

commissioned by the US government to collect astronomical and polar magnetic data, which was carried out by the astronomer Edward Israel, who was part of Greely's...

explorer Eduard Dallmann De Gerlache Seamounts – Seamounts in Antarctica, named for Lieutenant Adrien Victor Joseph de Gerlache Hakurei Seamount – A seamount...

Caledonia, Vanuatu, Fiji, and as far south as the South Shetland Islands, Gerlache Strait, and the Bellingshausen Sea (69°25'S). There are estimated to be...

visibility was perfect. Valuable meteorological, magnetic, and geographic data were gathered in a 2,500-mile (4,000 km) flight to the hitherto uncharted...

Jason C. A. Larsen "Heroic Age" Belgian Antarctic Expedition Belgica de Gerlache Lecointe Amundsen Cook Arctowski Racoviță Dobrowolski Southern Cross Southern...

Sviatoi Pavel) and the Nadezhda. Delayed by the Nadezhda's hitting a sand bank and then being beaten by a storm, such that it was forced to stay at Bolsheretsk...

for sale in 1831 at Woolwich. She was sold in April for £1,990 to Sir E. Banks. Hecla entered Lloyd's Register (LR) in 1831 with R. Jumson, master, Banerman...

classroom. During the Festival of Britain in the summer of 1951 (held at South Bank just across the river from Discovery's mooring), the ship hosted an exhibition...

September 1921, after inspection by King George V. Large crowds gathered on the banks of the river and on the bridges, to witness the event. Marr wrote in his...

mathematician, astronomer, and author (d. 1872) 1785 – Étienne Constantin de Gerlache, Belgian lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Belgium (d. 1871)...