Alfred Ritscher (23 May 1879 in Bad Lauterberg – 30 March 1963 in Hamburg ) was a German polar explorer . A Kapitän zur See in the Kriegsmarine , he led the third German Antarctic Expedition in 1938–39, which mapped the New Swabia ( German : Neuschwabenland ) territories of Queen Maud Land . Ritscher Peak and Ritscher Upland there are named for him.
6-446: Ritscher is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Alfred Ritscher (1879–1963), German polar explorer Karen Ritscher , American violist and academic Malachi Ritscher (1954–2006), American musician, recording engineer, human rights activist, and anti-war protester Simone Ritscher (born 1959), German actress [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with
12-806: A specialist in aerial navigation with Lufthansa. In 1934, Ritscher divorced his Jewish wife Susan née Loewenthal, in order not to endanger his career in the War Department. Also in 1934, Ritscher became an officer in command of the Navy. In 1938, he became head of the German Antarctic Expedition 1938/39, with a mandate to set up a base for the German whaling fleet, carry out air exploration and claim territory. During this expedition he flew over an area of about 600,000 square kilometres (230,000 sq mi) with two Dornier Do J II flying boats, launched from
18-542: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Alfred Ritscher In 1897 Alfred Ritscher made his first trip as a cabin boy on the Bremen ship "Emily". In 1903 he passed his helmsman exams and earned his master's certificate in 1907. At the beginning of 1912, Ritscher gained a place in the newly created Seehandbuchwerk of the Navy Office. Ritscher was skipper of the "German Arctic Expedition" of 1912–1913, under
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30-608: The command of Herbert Schröder-Stranz , which departed from Tromsø in the motor vessel Herzog Ernst for a preliminary reconnaissance of a planned navigation of the Northeast Passage . He also took over the leadership of the airborne survey of the expedition and obtained a pilot licence. The expedition failed whilst attempting the crossing of the Nordaustlandet island in northeastern Spitsbergen archipelago, because of poor equipment, misjudged weather, and starting too late in
36-631: The year. Ritscher marched over 210 kilometres (130 mi) in seven and a half days, to the settlement of Longyearbyen . Search expeditions were sent after his message about the fate of the Schroeder-Stranz expedition and saved six of the fourteen missing expedition members. During the First World War , Ritscher made reconnaissance flights in support of Marine units in Flanders. After the war he worked as an independent businessman and in 1925 worked as
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