Gerlache, Adrien de
Gerlache, Adrien de
(ädrē-ăN də gĕrläsh`), 1866–1934, Belgian naval officer and explorer. Sailing with Norwegian explorer Roald AmundsenAmundsen, Roald(Roald Engelbregt Grauning Amundsen) , 1872–1928, Norwegian polar explorer; the first person to reach the South Pole. He served (1897–99) as first mate on the Belgica
..... Click the link for more information. who would later be the first to reach the South Pole, Gerlache led a scientific expedition to Antarctica in 1897–99. During the expedition his ship became trapped in ice for more than a year. Gerlache planned and executed many other scientific expeditions throughout the world, including the Persian Gulf and the Arctic.