This an obituary in German for the late Prof. Dr.-Ing. Gerhard Spaeth, a polar researcher who participated in six Antarctic expeditions between 1982 and 1994.

I submit a review of the interesting book by Patrick De Deckker on the Belgica expedition 1897-1899. It describes the expedition and evaluates the results for the first time.

Review of the book by Bernadette Hince "Cold Words - A Polar Dictionary".