The ice as leitmotif of a life: Erich von Drygalski, writings and photographs

• Published in: Polar Record
• Main Author: Millar, P
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press 2019
• Subjects: Studies in Human Society; Other Studies in Human Society; Studies in Human Society not elsewhere classified; Arctic; Antarctic; Drygalski; Antarc*; Antarctica; Polar Record
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0032247419000445; http://ecite.utas.edu.au/135101

Professional scientist-geographer Erich von Drygalski led the first German expedition toAntarctica in 19011903. The expedition saw itself as purely scientific, which turned outto be at odds with the expectations of Imperial Germany at the time. It was one of the firstto use photography extensively a...