his honor. Johan Koren – Norwegian – cabin boy and assistant zoologist Koren brought on board Nansen, the ship's cat, named after Fridtjof Nansen. He died on 22 June 1898, and was buried in the Antarctic. Personnel resigned or let go: Johansen – Norwegian – boatswain; resigned on 22 August 1897 Julliksen – Norwegian – carpenter; resigned on 22 August 1897 Josef Duvivier – Belgian – mechanic; fired on 26 October 1897 in Rio de Janeiro, rehired in Montevideo, fired again in Punta Arenas due to incompetence Lemonier – French – cook; fired on 13 November 1897, due to insubordination Jan Van Damme – Belgian – sailor; fired on 11 December 1897, due to insubordination Maurice Warzee – Belgian – sailor; fired on 11 December 1897, due to insubordination Frans Dom – Belgian – sailor; fired on 11 December 1897, due to insubordination See also Belgian Antarctic Program Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration List of Antarctic expeditions Footnotes Bibliography Bulletin de la Société Royale de Géographie d'Anvers. vol. 20–24 (1896–1900). Bulletin de la Société Royale Belge de Géographie. vol. 20–24 (1896–1900). Expedition Belge au Pôle Sud: la Belgica et son Equipage (Anvers: Bellemans, s.a. 1897) Amundsen, Roald, Decleir, H. (ed), Roald Amundsen's Belgica Diary. The first scientific expedition to the Antarctic (Bluntisham 1999) Baughman, T.H. Before the heroes came. Antarctica in the 1890s (Nebraska 1994) Decleir, H., de Broyer, C. (eds), The Belgica expedition centennial: perspectives on Antarctic science and history (Brussels 2001) Gerlache de Gomery, A., M. Raraty (translation), Fifteen months in the Antarctic (Bluntisham 1998) Lambrechts, J., Antarctica. De Belgen op de pool (Antwerp 2011). ISBN 9789081833509 Lecointe, G., C. Kaiser and H. Goldfine (translation), In the Land of the Penguins (Erskine 2020) Antarctic expeditions Graham Land Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration Wiencke Island