The 1869/70 German North Polar Expedition

. This Second German North Polar Expedition of 1869/70 resulted in several geographical discoveries in northeast Greenland and the cartographic survey of the region. In addition, geological, glaciological, glacial geomorphological, zoological, botanical and archaeological studies were conducted. Ext...

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Published in:ARCTIC
Main Author: Venzke, Jörg-Friedhelm
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1990
Subjects:
Archaeology
Astronomy
Biology
Expeditions
Exploration
Explorers
Geomagnetism
Geomorphology
German North Pole Expedition
1869-1870
Glaciology
History
Mapping
Greenland Sea
Nordgrønland
Østgrønland
Sabine Øer
Greenland
North Pole
Arctic
Nordpol*
Online Access:https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/64649
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Summary:. This Second German North Polar Expedition of 1869/70 resulted in several geographical discoveries in northeast Greenland and the cartographic survey of the region. In addition, geological, glaciological, glacial geomorphological, zoological, botanical and archaeological studies were conducted. Extensive astronomical, geophysical (especially geomagnetic), meteorological and hydrological measurements were carried out. The scientific results of the expedition were published in a volume of nearly 1000 pages (Verein für die Deutsche Nordpolarfahrt in Bremen, 1874; Koldewey et al., 1871). The exact astronomical locations of Borgen and Copeland were an important factor in the development of Alfred Wegener's (1915) theory of continental drift!

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