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Biography of Alfred Wegener

Biography of Alfred Wegener

Historian Christian Kehrt presents a short biographical profile of geologist and polar explorer Alfred Wegener, with historic photographs. Wegener’s diaries from his three Greenland expeditions (1906–1931)—digitized, transcribed, and translated—are the focus of this Virtual Exhibition.

Original Footage: Alfred Wegener’s German Greenland Expedition, 1930–1931 (1936)

Original Footage: Alfred Wegener’s German Greenland Expedition, 1930–1931 (1936)

Commenting actual film footage from Alfred Wegener’s last Greenland expedition, literary historian Dorit Müller describes the content and context of this unique material.

The German Greenland Expedition, 1930–1931

The German Greenland Expedition, 1930–1931

This is a selection of the original diary entries of German explorer Alfred Wegener’s last Greenland expedition in 1930 and is part of the virtual exhibition “The Wegener Diaries: Scientific Expeditions into the Eternal Ice” authored by historian Christian Kehrt.

The Danish North Greenland Expedition, 1912–1913

The Danish North Greenland Expedition, 1912–1913

This is a selection of original diary entries of German explorer Alfred Wegener, who participated in the Danish North Greenland Expedition (1912–1913) and is part of the virtual exhibition “The Wegener Diaries - Scientific Expeditions into the Eternal Ice” authored by historian Christian Kehrt.

The Danmark Expedition, 1906–1908

The Danmark Expedition, 1906–1908

This is a selection of original diary entries of German explorer Alfred Wegener, who participated in the “Danmark-Expedition” led by explorer Ludvig Mylius-Erichsen (1872–1907) and is part of the virtual exhibition “The Wegener Diaries - Scientific Expeditions into the Eternal Ice” authored by historian Christian Kehrt.