Wilhelm Filchner – hierarchy and insufficient leadership on the Second German Antarctic Expedition

The Second German Antarctic Expedition (1911–1912) did not have a good start, because Wilhelm Filchner (1877–1957) failed to secure his position as expedition leader. His problems began long before the expedition set sail: he had the support neither of the scientists and officers on board nor of the...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Polarforschung
Main Author: U. Rack
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:German
English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2021
Subjects:
geo
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.5194/polf-89-25-2021
https://polf.copernicus.org/articles/89/25/2021/polf-89-25-2021.pdf
https://doaj.org/article/9c1ebb0ec22d47858db239e3513202d1