Rare old book! Lifetime edition! Not found for sale online! Louis Bernacci - Rises to the South Pole. Journey to the southern polar countries in 1898-1900. With 31 drawings in the text, a map and a historical sketch of travels to the South Pole. Dimensions 11.5 x 17.9 cm. Total number of pages: 125, XXIV. Louis Charles Bernacchi was a Belgian and Australian physicist and astronomer who participated in several Antarctic expeditions. He joined the Antarctic expedition (1898-1900) of Norwegian polar explorer Carsten Borchgrevink, after another physicist was expelled from the expedition for medical reasons. This former expedition, which spent the whole winter in Antarctica and was the first to make a sleigh crossing in the direction of the South Pole. Luis Bernakki wrote a book about this expedition To the south polar regions: expedition of 1898-1900. Subsequently, his granddaughter Janet Crawford published Bernacki's diaries in a new edition titled The First Antarctic Winter: The story of the Southern Cross Expedition of 1898-1900. Bernacchi took part in the Antarctic expedition of Robert Scott 1901-1904. Bernacchi was the only member of the expedition who had previously visited Antarctica.