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The long, cold voyage to lunacy: Fourteen years before the South Pole was conquered, a Belgian ship set off for the end of the Earth – and got stuck in pack ice. Riddled with scurvy and slipping into madness, they were only saved by playing music to penguins Julian Sancton has penned a book about Adrien de Gerlache's expedition in 1897 Sailor from Belgium worked tirelessly to raise money to winter in the Antarctic  His crew of just 24 had an ever-present fear that ice could crush their ship

Photos from the 'end of the Earth': Story of 19th century Antarctic expedition that ended with the crew going insane after the Belgica was trapped in the ice for more than a year is told in a harrowing new book Author Julian Sancton has written a new book charting the journey of a 19th century expedition to Antarctica Belgica, a three-mast barque, left Antwerp on August 16, 1897 on the first scientific mission to the continent But the ship became trapped in the ice and the crew fell prey to illness and insanity before freeing themselves  Sancton was given exclusive access to the ship's logs,...

Print this article No one, it’s safe to say, ever took up polar exploration in search of a good time. To trudge through its annals is to confront a decidedly un-hygge variety of experiences. Just look at the titles: Alone on the Ice. In the Land of White Death. The Last Place on Earth. The Worst Journey in the World.  The Man Who Ate His Boots. It can’t have been easy to outdo these for lurid horror, but Julian Sancton may have succeeded with Madhouse at the End of the Earth: The Belgica’s Journey Into the Dark Antarctic Night. It evokes one of the most frightening hazards of t...

Lockdown on ice Stefan Beck © Provided by Washington Examiner LA.Books.LockdownIce.jpg No one, it’s safe to say, ever took up polar exploration in search of a good time. To trudge through its annals is to confront a decidedly un-hygge variety of experiences. Just look at the titles: Alone on the Ice. In the Land of White Death. The Last Place on Earth. The Worst Journey in the World.  The Man Who Ate His Boots. It can’t have been easy to outdo these for lurid horror, but Julian Sancton may have succeeded with Madhouse at the End of the Earth: The Belgica’s

Starving and trapped by ice, the Norwegian’s crew had discovered how to beat scurvy on an earlier voyage. The benefits proved crucial