Belgian Antarctic Expedition - Personnel

Personnel

The expedition team included some notable individuals:

• Adrien de Gerlache (1866–1934): Belgian – leader
• Georges Lecointe (1869–1929): Belgian – Captain, executive officer and hydrographer (second in command on the Belgica)
• Roald Amundsen (1872–1928): Norwegian – First Mate. Amundsen learned much from his experience on this expedition, in particular how to prevent scurvy.
• Frederick Cook (1865–1940): American – Surgeon, anthropologist and photographer.
• Henryk Arctowski (1871–1958): Pole – geologist, oceanographer and meteorologist
• Emile Danco (1869–1898): Belgian – geophysical observations. Danco died while overwintering.
• Emil Racoviţă (1868–1947): Romanian – biologist (zoologist and botanist) and speleologist
• Antoni Bolesław Dobrowolski (1872–1954): Polish – assistant-meteorologist

• Jules Melaerts (1876–?): Belgian – third lieutenant
• Henri Somers (1863–?): Belgian – chief mechanic
• Max Van Rysselberghe (1878–?): Belgian – mechanic
• Louis Michotte (1868–1926): Belgian – cook
• Adam Tollefsen (1866–?): Norwegian – sailor
• Ludvig-Hjalmar Johansen (1872–?): Norwegian – sailor
• Engelbret Knudsen (1876–1900): Norwegian – sailor
• Gustave-Gaston Dufour (1876–1940): Belgian – sailor
• Jean Van Mirlo (1877–1964): Belgian – sailor
• Carl August Wiencke (1877–1898): Norwegian – sailor. Wiencke was washed overboard and drowned on the way to Antarctica.
• Johan Koren (1877–1919): Norwegian – cabin boy and assistant zoologist

Koren brought on board Nansen, the ship's cat on the Expedition. He was named after Fridtjof Nansen. He died on 22 June 1898, and was buried in the Antarctic.