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

• Main Author: Millar, P
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Art criticism; Other creative arts and writing not elsewhere classified; Other Indigenous studies not elsewhere classified; polar photography; polar exploration; Antarctic; Arctic; Drygalski; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/The_ice_as_leitmotif_of_a_life_Erich_von_Drygalski_writings_and_photographs/22982516

Professional scientist-geographer Erich von Drygalski led the first German expedition to Antarctica in 1901–1903. The expedition saw itself as purely scientific, which turned out to be at odds with the expectations of Imperial Germany at the time. It was one of the first to use photography extensive...