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“The Wegener Diaries: Scientific Expeditions Into the Eternal Ice” was created by Christian Kehrt (2013) under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported International license. This refers only to the text and does not include image rights. Please click on an image to view its individual rights status. Thumbnails of the following images appear on the exhibition landing page:
Ice wall in Greenland. Unknown photographer, 1912–1913.
Ice wall in Greenland. Unknown photographer, 1912–1913.
Originally published in Johann Peter Koch, Durch die weiße Wüste: Die dänische Forschungsreise quer durch Grönland 1912/13 (Berlin: Springer, 1919: 210).
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Walk over ice cap. Unknown photographer, 1912–1913.
Walk over ice cap. Unknown photographer, 1912–1913.
Originally published in Johann Peter Koch, Durch die weiße Wüste: Die dänische Forschungsreise quer durch Grönland 1912/13 (Berlin: Springer, 1919: 216).
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Ernst Sorge and Johannes Georgi, around 1930. Photograph by Fritz Loewe.
Ernst Sorge and Johannes Georgi, around 1930. Photograph by Fritz Loewe.
© 1930 Fritz Loewe. Courtesy of the Alfred-Wegener-Institut für Polar- und Meeresforschung (AWI). Signatur: NL 4 F Nr. 6.
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Alfred Wegener (to the right) and Gustav Thostrup (1877–1955), second officer of the Danmark. Unknown photographer, 1906–1908.
Alfred Wegener (to the right) and Gustav Thostrup (1877–1955), second officer of the Danmark. Unknown photographer, 1906–1908.
Originally published in Achton Friis, Im Grönlandeis mit Mylius-Erichsen: Die Danmark-Expedition 1906–1908 (Leipzig: Otto Spamer, 1910: 351).
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Portrait of Alfred Wegener (1880–1930). German meteorologist and important contributor to the theory of continental drift. Unknown photographer, n.d.
Portrait of Alfred Wegener (1880–1930). German meteorologist and important contributor to the theory of continental drift. Unknown photographer, n.d.
© Deutsches Museum, Archiv (BN_30985)
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The last photo of Alfred Wegener, Greenland 1930.
The last photo of Alfred Wegener, Greenland 1930.
The last photo: Alfred Wegener and his Greenlandic attendant Rasmus Villumsen shortly before the departure from “Eismitte” on November 1, 1930
Georgi, Johannes. Im Eis vergraben: Erlebnisse auf Station „Eismitte“ der letzten Grönlandexpedition Alfred Wegeners 1930-1931, 5th ed. (Munich: Müller, 1938), 125.
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Pilot ballon experiment in Western Greenland
Pilot ballon experiment in Western Greenland
© Franz Kebl
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How to cite:
Note: This version, published in 2020, includes minor updates to the original 2013 virtual exhibition (view PDF here) and applies the Environment & Society Portal’s responsive layout.
To cite from the diaries:
Alfred Wegener, Tagebücher, June 1906 – September 1930. Deutsches Museum Archiv, NL 001, in Christian Kehrt, “The Wegener Diaries: Scientific Expeditions Into the Eternal Ice.” Environment & Society Portal,Virtual Exhibitions 2013, no.2 [updated 6 February 2020]. Version 2.0. Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society. https://doi.org/10.5282/rcc/8941.
To cite from the exhibition:
Kehrt, Christian. “The Wegener Diaries: Scientific Expeditions Into the Eternal Ice.” Environment & Society Portal, Virtual Exhibitions 2013, no.2 [updated 6 February 2020]. Version 2.0. Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society. https://doi.org/10.5282/rcc/8941.
ISSN 2198-7696 Environment & Society Portal, Virtual Exhibitions
The Wegener Diaries: Scientific Expeditions into the Eternal Ice
This virtual exhibition sheds light on Alfred Wegener’s expeditions to Greenland between 1906 and 1931. Its main focus is on the diaries Wegener wrote during his explorations, which offer unique insights into the manifold challenges man and material faced in Greenland’s extreme environments. You may choose to read the diaries in their original state, or browse the expeditions individually and read transcribed and translated excerpts by clicking on the individual chapters.
This version, published in 2020, includes minor updates to the original 2013 virtual exhibition. PDFs of the virtual exhibition, as well as original scans and transcripts of the Wegener Diaries, can be found at the exhibition’s PDF Depot.
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