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Drygalski led the first German South Polar expedition with the ship Gauss to explore the unknown area of Antarctica lying south of the Kerguelen Islands.
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Drygalski led two expeditions between 1891 and 1893, which were supplied by the Society for Geoscience of Berlin.
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Drygalski also paid a brief call to Heard Island and provided the first comprehensive scientific information on the island's geology, flora and fauna.
Drygalski Island was first viewed from the continental antarctic coast in November 1912 by members of the Western Base Party of the Australian Antarctic Expedition ( 1911-1914 ), and observed more closely from Sir Douglas Mawson's ship Aurora on the homeward journey in January 1914.
Led by Arctic veteran and geology professor Erich von Drygalski, this was the first expedition to use a hot-air balloon in Antarctica.
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* 1865 – Erich von Drygalski, German geographer, geophysicist, and polar scientist ( d. 1949 )
* 1949 – Erich von Drygalski, German geographer, geophysicist, and polar scientist ( b. 1865 )
Erich Dagobert von Drygalski ( February 9, 1865 – January 10, 1949 ) was a German geographer, geophysicist and polar scientist, born in Königsberg, Province of Prussia.
Because Drygalski Island was thought to be " Drygalski's High Land ", charted by Professor Erich von Drygalski of the German Antarctic Expedition ( 1901-1903 ) in 1902, Drygalski's name was given by Sir Douglas Mawson to the island.
* Erich Dagobert von Drygalski ( 1865 – 1949 ), German geographer, born in Königsberg
Discovered in February 1902 by the German Antarctic Expedition under Erich von Drygalski, who named it as his expedition ship in honour of Carl Friedrich Gauss.
Captain Robert Falcon Scott, leader of the British National Antarctic Expedition ( BrNAE ) ( 1901-1904 ), discovered Drygalski Ice Tongue in January 1902 and named it for Prof. Erich von Drygalski, a contemporary German explorer then in Antarctica.
It was discovered and named by the First German Antarctica Expedition, 1901 – 1903, under Dr. Erich von Drygalski.
Discovered in February 1902 by German Antarctic Expedition under Erich von Drygalski, who named it for Count Arthur von Posadowsky-Wehner, Imperial Home Secretary, who secured a government grant to cover the cost of the Drygalski expedition.
Drygalski and South
Drygalski Island, Drygalski Glacier, Drygalski Fjord in South Georgia, and an avenue in the southern part of Munich were named after him, as is the crater Drygalski on the Moon.
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Subsequently, Drygalski wrote the narrative of the expedition and edited the voluminous scientific data.
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Drygalski Island is an ice-capped island with a dome about high that is long and rises to in the Davis Sea of the Southern Ocean about north-northeast ( NNE ) of Cape Filchner.
In recognition of his achievements, the Berlin Geographical Society presented him with the Ferdinand von Richthofen Medal in 1933 ; the same honor was also awarded to Erich von Drygalski for his Gauss Expedition to the Antarctic ; and to Alfred Philippson for his research on the Aegean Region.
David Glacier with the Drygalski Ice Tongue in the far distance
This collision with the Drygalski tongue forced a redrawing of Antarctic maps.
The iceberg C-16 collides with Drygalski ice tongue on 30 March 2006.
* The largest moving object on Earth, the iceberg B15A in Antarctica has collided with the Drygalski ice tongue, a feature large enough to be included in Antarctic maps.
He graduated in 1924 with his thesis " Paß-Staaten in den Alpen ", Erich von Drygalski ( 1865-1949 ) was his supervisor.
Drygalski and area
Drygalski Island has an area of.
Drygalski and Antarctica
Terra Nova Bay is a bay which is often ice free, about long, lying between Cape Washington and the Drygalski Ice Tongue along the coast of Victoria Land, Antarctica.
The Drygalski Ice Tongue or Drygalski Barrier or Drygalski Glacier Tongue is a glacier in Antarctica, located on the Scott Coast, in the northern McMurdo Sound of Antarctica's Ross Dependency, north of Ross Island.
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From the south, it is bounded by Drygalski Peninsula.
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Between 1882 and 1887, Drygalski studied mathematics and natural science at the University of Königsberg, Bonn, Berlin and Leipzig.
In 1898, Drygalski became associate professor and 1899 extraordinary professor for geography and geophysics in Berlin.
From October 1906 until his retirement, Drygalski was a professor in Munich, where he also presided the Geographic Institute, founded by him, until his death.
Drygalski Island is located at and has an elevation of.
Die antarktischen Schnecken und Muscheln, In: Deutsche Südpolar-Expedition 1901-1903 ( Erich von Drygalski, E. v.
The eastern face of the crater has been overlain by the similar-sized Drygalski, and more than half the interior floor of Ashbrook is covered by the outer ramparts and ejecta of Drygalski.
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