• (1) Setting the scene for exploration of the ‘unknown Antarctica’;
• (2)The Challenger expedition 1873-1876;
• (3) A dream to conduct a Belgian Antarctic expedition;
• (4) Preparations for the voyage to Antarctica;
• (5) The Belgica crew, celebrations in Antwerp prior to departure and departure for Antarctic waters;
• (6) Drake Passage: discovery of a deep passage and temperature profiles;
• (7) The de Gerlache Strait: discovery, mapping, flora, an amazing insect, geology;
• (8) In the Bellingshausen Sea – physico-chemical parameters: drifting in the sea ice, icebergs, air temperatures and in the ocean, auroras, clouds, ice crystals, ice;
• (9) Biota in the Bellingshausen Sea: whales, seals, penguins and other birds, fish, other organisms;
• (10) Study of sea floor sediments by Arctowski and Renard;
• (11) Glaciers – modern and ancient – in southern South America and the de Gerlache Strait;
• (12) Polar ‘anaemia’ among the crew;
• (13) Investigations in the Beagle Channel;
• (14) Johan Koren, the naturalist sailor;
• (15) llustrations of activities of the personnel during the expedition;
• (16) Frederick Cook and the first people of Patagonia;
• (17) The return to Antwerp and celebrations;
• (18) Conclusions and lessons for the future.