Narrative of the first expedition to spent the long Antarctic night below the Antarctic Circle.  The "Belgica" was icebound in the Bellinghausen Sea for over a year, becoming a virtual laboratory of human endurance for its 19-member multinational crew. The cereers of both of the future discoverers of the Poles--Roald Amundson (South Pole 1911) and Frederick A. Cook (North Pole 1908)were joined in this expedition.  This account by Cook, the ship's surgeon, was first published in 1900.  New color photos and essays by two Polar historians comprise the Centennial reprint edition.

Through the First Antarctic Night 1898-1899: A Narrative of the Voyage of the Belgica Among Newly Discovered Lands and Over an Unknown Sea About the South Pole

Frederick Albert Cook

C. Hurst & Co. Publishers Ltd.

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Through the First Antarctic Night 1898-1899: A Narrative of the Voyage of the Belgica Among Newly Discovered Lands and Over an Unknown Sea About the South Pole

Through the First Antarctic Night, 1898-1899: A Narrative of the Voyage of the Belgica Among Newly Discovered Lands and Over an Unknown Sea About the South Pole (Classic Reprint)