140 years ago: the German station at South Georgia (South Atlantic) of the First International Polar Year (1882–1883)

• Published in: Polarforschung
• Main Author: C. Lüdecke
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: German; English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2022
• Subjects: Environmental sciences; GE1-350; Arctic; Antarctic; Venus; Antarc*; International Polar Year; Polarforschung
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/polf-90-39-2022; https://doaj.org/article/914c15b0f8754488851525e39f9edbbb

During the First International Polar Year (1882–1883) in the Arctic, Germany set up a meteorological and magnetic station at South Georgia in the South Atlantic, where the transit of Venus in front of the Sun on 6 December 1882 could also be observed. After the return of the expedition the station d...