Germans In The Antarctic
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Germans In The Antarctic
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Author : Cornelia Lüdecke
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2021-02-08
Germans In The Antarctic written by Cornelia Lüdecke and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-02-08 with History categories.
While science was usually at the forefront of German Antarctic expeditions, research into the Southern Polar region always had a political or economic component, whether it was about resource use or securing areas of influence. Cornelia Lüdecke presents the course of the three German Antarctic expeditions from 1901-03, 1911-12 and 1938/39 with their partly dramatic turns and twists and provides insights into everyday life under extreme conditions. She also evaluates unpublished material from the archives and private estates of the expedition members. She looks at the expeditions from a scientific and political point of view and also deals with the myths associated with the "Schwabenland" expedition during the National Socialist era. Finally, the author describes German south polar research after World War II, which took different paths in the German Democratic Republic and in the Federal Republic of Germany, and gives an outlook on future research. For the first time, this book presents the history of the Germans in Antarctica in a factual and informative way for the general public. With numerous pictures, some of which have never been published before.
The Third Reich In Antarctica The German Antarctic Expedition 1938 39
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Author : Colin Summerhayes
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2012-12-15
The Third Reich In Antarctica The German Antarctic Expedition 1938 39 written by Colin Summerhayes and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-12-15 with categories.
The origins of the Third German Antarctic Expedition lie in a unique combination of the aspirations of German scientists to contribute to exploring and understanding the Antarctic environment, and the Nazi Parti's drive for self-sufficiency on the road to war. Germany had joined the whaling nations in the South Atlantic, keen to obtain whale oil without having to use valuable foreign currency reserves needed for rearmament. It decided to explore the possibility of setting up a supply base on the coast of Dronning Maud Land and to claim Antarctic territory there for itself. Councillor of State Helmut Wohlthat, the man in charge of German whaling, put this idea to his superior, Hermann Goring, the Commissioner for the Four Year Plan for economic development who approved the concept, and in May 1938 assigned resources for a reconnaissance expedition.Thus the Third German Antarctic Expedition was born. When they set sail they did not even have a map of where they were going and it was their job to make one. The expedition was led by Alfred Ritscher, a captain in the German merchant navy, aboard the MS Schwabenland, a freighter built in 1925 and renamed after the Swabia region in Southern Germany. On January 19, 1939, it arrived off Dronning Maud Land and began charting the region. Nazi German flags were placed on the sea ice along the coast and the area was named Neuschwabenland after the ship. Seven photographic survey flights were made by the ship's two seaplanes which took more than 16,000 aerial photographs covering an area of some 250,000 square kilometres. On its return trip to Germany the expedition made oceanographic studies near Bouvet Island and Fernando de Noronha. This is the story of an ambitious and little-known expedition, which set out to map a large piece of Antarctica from the air, and in the process discovered an 800 km long mountain range and previously unsuspected freshwater lakes.
The Third Reich In Antarctica
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Author : Cornelia Lüdecke
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2012
The Third Reich In Antarctica written by Cornelia Lüdecke and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with Antarctica categories.
Hitler S Antarctic Base The Myth And The Reality
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Author : Colin Summerhayes
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2016-05
Hitler S Antarctic Base The Myth And The Reality written by Colin Summerhayes and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-05 with categories.
Secrets of the Third Reich's Base in Antarctica A remarkable event occurred in 1999, but only specialists paid adequate attention to it. A research expedition discovered a virus in Antarctica; at that, neither people nor animals had immunity to the virus. After all, Antarctica is far away, for this very reason the virus cannot be dangerous for the rest of the planet, especially the dangerous discovery was deep in the permafrost. However, scientists say that against the background of a global warming threatening the Earth, the unknown virus can cause an awful catastrophe on the planet. Expert Tom Starmerue from the University of New York also shares the pessimistic forecasts of his colleagues. "We don't know what the mankind will face in the South Pole in the nearest time due to the global warming. It is not ruled out that an unbelievable catastrophe may break out. Viruses protected with a protein cover survive even in the permafrost; as soon as the temperature gets warmer they will immediately start reproducing." American scientists treated the Antarctica discovery very seriously and even organized a special expedition that currently tests the ice for unknown viruses in order to develop an antidote in good time. What is the source of the virus in Antarctica where only penguins can survive in the ice? There is no answer to the question, specialists are at a loss. However, several theories concerning the problem have been put forward. We would like to touch upon the most interesting of them. A majority of scientists are inclined to believe that prehistoric forms of life probably survived in the permafrost. There are more versions that are interesting and sometimes quite unusual. Some specialists blame bonzes of the Third Reich for delivery of a secretly developed bacteriological weapon to Antarctica. And this theory arose not in a vacuum. It is known that already in 1938 Nazis suddenly became interested in Antarctica, they organized two expeditions to the area in 1938-1939. At first, planes of the Third Reich took detailed pictures of unexplored territories and then they dropped several thousands of metal pennons with swastika there. The whole of the explored territory was called Neuschwabenland and was considered a part of the Third Reich. After the expedition, Captain Ritscher reported to Field-Marshal Hering: "The planes dropped the pennons each 25 kilometers; we covered the area of about 8.600 thousand square meters. 350 thousand square meters of them were photographed." In 1943, Grand Admiral Karl Donitz dropped a remarkable phrase: "Germany's submarine fleet is proud that it created an unassailable fortress for the Fuhrer on the other end of the world." Submarines were mostly used for transportation of necessary freight to the place. The submarines also received passengers whose faces were hidden behind surgical bands. Wilhelm Bernhard was commander of one of the submarines, U-530; the submarine left the port of Kiel on April 13, 1945. When it reached the shores of Antarctica, 16 members from the crew built an ice cave and put boxes into the cave; it was allegedly said that the boxes contained relics of the Third Reich, including Hitler's documents and personal stuff. The operation was code named Valkyrie-2. When the operation was over on July 10, 1945, the submarine U-530 entered the Argentinean port of Mar-del-Plata and surrendered to the authorities. It is also supposed that another submarine from the formation, U-977, under the command of Heinz Scheffer, delivered the remains of Hitler and Braun to Neuschwabenland. It followed the route of the U-530 submarine and called at Antarctica. The sub arrived in Mar-del-Plata on Aug. 17, 1945.
German Exploration Of The Polar World
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Author : David Thomas Murphy
language : en
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Release Date : 2002-01-01
German Exploration Of The Polar World written by David Thomas Murphy and has been published by U of Nebraska Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-01-01 with History categories.
German Exploration of the Polar World is the exciting story of the generations of German polar explorers who braved the perils of the Arctic and Antarctic for themselves and their country. Such intrepid adventurers as Wilhelm Filchner, Erich von Drygalski, and Alfred Wegener are not as well known today as Robert Falcon Scott, Roald Amundsen, Ernest Shackleton, Robert E. Peary, or Richard E. Byrd, but their bravery and the hardships they faced were equal to those of the more famous polar explorers. In the half-century prior to World War II, the poles were the last blank spaces on the global map, and they exerted a tremendous pull on national imaginations. Under successive political regimes, the Germans threw themselves into the race for polar glory with an ardor that matched their better-known counterparts bearing English, American, and Norwegian flags. German polar explorers were driven, like their rivals, by a complex web of interlocking motivations. Personal fame, the romance of the unknown, and the advancement of science were important considerations, but public pressure, political and military concerns, and visions of immense, untapped wealth at the poles also spurred the explorers. As historian David Thomas Murphy shows, Germany's repeated encounters with the polar world left an indelible impression upon the German public, government, and scientific community. Reports on the polar landscape, flora, and fauna enhanced Germany's appreciation of the global environment. Accounts of the indigenous peoples of the Arctic, accurate or fantastic, permanently shaped German notions of culture and civilization. The final, failed attempt by the Nazis to extend German political power to the earth's ends revealed the limits of any country's ability to reshape the globe politically or militarily.
To The Sixth Continent
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Author : Wilhelm Filchner
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1994
To The Sixth Continent written by Wilhelm Filchner and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994 with History categories.
Antarctic Policymaking And Science In The Netherlands Belgium And Germany 1957 1990
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Author : Benjamin Peter Abbink
language : en
Publisher: Barkhuis
Release Date : 2009
Antarctic Policymaking And Science In The Netherlands Belgium And Germany 1957 1990 written by Benjamin Peter Abbink and has been published by Barkhuis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Social Science categories.
The focus of this study is on Dutch Antarctic policy. In order to explain Dutch Antarctic policy from the late 1950s until 1990 and to place it in a broader context, Dutch policy will be compared with the Antarctic policies of Belgium and Germany (Federal Republic of Germany, FRG) in the same period. 6 The comparison offers insights into the functioning of the ATS and into the roles - if any - of the three countries in this international regime in the period under investigation. This adds another central question to this research: How does Dutch Antarctic policy compare with the Belgian and German Antarctic policies in the same period?
Under The Ice
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Author : Peyton Cottrell II
language : en
Publisher: Independently Published
Release Date : 2018-12-05
Under The Ice written by Peyton Cottrell II and has been published by Independently Published this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-12-05 with categories.
"Under the Ice: A New Frontier" explores the conspiracy theory that Germany settled a colony two miles underground after World War II and are secretly building flying saucers to explore worlds beyond the Milky Way.
Antarctic Blood
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Author : D. J. Bershaw
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2023-04-15
Antarctic Blood written by D. J. Bershaw and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-04-15 with categories.
An German expedition is launched to explore a World War Two Nazi incursion in Antarctica, Racing to get there first is a North Korean vessel with the same intent. The Germans arrive first, but conflict ensues.
German Antarctic North Victoria Land Expedition Ganovex
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Author : Norbert W. Roland
language : de
Publisher:
Release Date : 1996
German Antarctic North Victoria Land Expedition Ganovex written by Norbert W. Roland and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with Geomagnetism categories.