Celebrating 100 years: Roald Amundsen's South Pole Expedition 1911

On December 14, 1911, Norwegian Roald Amundsen became the first person to reach the South Pole and secured his place in history as one of the great explorers. Exploration infuses everything we do at Viking River Cruises and so we celebrate this accomplis

Favori ajouté le 19-12-2013 | Tags : amundsen, antarctique, , par sinofrancesingapour

Polar Research Institute of China

Polar Research Institute of China (PRIC) was founded in 1989. The institute coordinates Chinese polar research and makes available to national polar research the important infrastructure, e.g. the research ice breaker “Xuelong” and research stations i

Favori ajouté le 01-04-2012 | Tags : antarctique, chine, , recherche scientifique par sinofrancesingapour