BELGIUM: Congratulations from His Majesty The King

It is with pride to be able to display this letter arrived from Belgium’s Palais de Bruxelles containing congratulations from His Majesty and wishes for a great success for the Expeditition. The letter from Major-general Dr. Thierry Vendevald, Chief of the Military Household of the King came with the formal approval to lay a wreath – created from ice – in the name of the Belgium during our commemoration ceremony in the Antarctic.

We are grateful to His Majesty and we will act accordingly.