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

• Published in: Polarforschung
• Main Author: Lüdecke, Cornelia
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2022
• Subjects: article; Verlagsveröffentlichung; Antarctic; Arctic; Venus; Antarc*; International Polar Year; Polarforschung
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/polf-90-39-2022; https://noa.gwlb.de/receive/cop_mods_00063338; https://noa.gwlb.de/servlets/MCRFileNodeServlet/cop_derivate_00062408/polf-90-39-2022.pdf; https://polf.copernicus.org/articles/90/39/2022/polf-90-39-2022.pdf

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...