Wissenschaft und Abenteuer in der Arktis : Beispiele deutscher Polarexpeditionen

• Published in: Journal of Northern Studies
• Main Author: Lüdecke, Cornelia
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: German
• Published: University of Hamburg, Germany 2007
• Subjects: Antarctica; Greenland; Spitzbergen; Svalbard; Aeroarctic; German Geophysical Observatory; 1st International Polar Year (1882–1883); 2nd International Polar Year (1932–1933); Wilhelm Filchner; Hans Kurt Erich Krueger; Herbert Schröder-Stranz; Alfred Wegener; Graf Zeppelin; History; Historia; Antarc*; Antarctic; Arktis; Arktis*; Canadian Archipelago; Ice cap; International Polar Year; Journal of Northern Studies; Nordaustlandet
• Online Access: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-47552; https://doi.org/10.36368/jns.v1i1-2.511

From its beginning in 1868 German polar expeditions were focused on scientific exploration. History shows that around 1910 only well prepared and equipped expeditions were successful and could gain valuable experiences. The training expedition of the Bavarian officer Wilhelm Filchner who subsequentl...