Talk:Belgian Antarctic Expedition

Gerlache's Possible Foreplanning
The article currently states that "It is likely that Gerlache intentionally sailed deep into the pack ice in order to freeze his vessel into the ice for the winter." The cited source merely mentions in a few places that "perhaps ... it wasn't so accidental" and "there are unanswered questions about how planned the winter in Antarctica was" and so forth, but (1) does not say that this is "likely" and (2) even the cited source does not (as far as I can tell) give reasons for the belief that Gerlache intended to overwinter.

If there are no objections over the next week or two, then I'll adjust the wording a little bit to remove "likely" (perhaps "It may be that Gerlache..."), but I am unsure where to go to find more information on the matter. If anyone else knows where I ought to look and simply doesn't have the time to do the editing themselves (or can't get a copy of the material), I'd be happy to do the rest. CallMeSalticidae (talk) 19:48, 23 March 2022 (UTC)

Danco and Weincke
Looking at the dates, some mention should probably be made regarding Danco and Weincke not surviving the trip

Mass insanity
This article fails to mention the main interest of this expedition. The entire crew began to go insane with the single exception of Cook. With two reported exceptions they all recovered when they began to work outside to chop the ship out of the ice. Amundsen escorted at least one of the mentally ill men back home on a mail boat.

Mental breaks have happened on scientific expeditions for over a hundred years. Admiral Byrd took only one casket but twelve strait-jackets on his expeditions. There was a full psychotic break on Soyuz 21. The Russian Space Authority gave a list of 12 possible causes but none were proved. It too was a Subliminal Distraction mental break.

The cause had been believed to be the poor mental quality of men with the ability to survive in harsh polar conditions. VisionAndPsychosis.Net published the true cause as Subliminal Distraction in about 2004. That original work in psychology is available by using the same URL on the Wayback Machine prior to October 2012. The new page, being edited does not yet contain quotes from Cook's book, "Through the first Antarctic Night." Cook detailed the symptoms the crew experienced.

Cook blamed constant darkness. When the symptoms got worse as the sun returned he then blamed constant sunlight. The circumstances of close confinement in the small ship's space, the worsening of symptoms with increased sunlight, then the remission of symptoms while working outside, say Subliminal Distraction.

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L K Tucker 108.206.18.197 (talk) 10:58, 4 August 2014 (UTC)

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