BARON ADRIEN DE GERLACHE

• BARON ADRIEN DE GERLACHE
• On the Guffens Avenue in Hasselt, opposite his birthplace, stands the bronze statue of Baron Adrien de Gerlache (1866–1934), leader of the Belgian Antarctic Expedition. The sculpture, created by artist Gerard Moonen and unveiled in 1998, depicts him dressed in heavy polar clothing, gazing toward the horizon, with a pedestal designed to resemble floating ice.