Wilhelm Filchner (13 September 1877 – 7 May 1957) was a German army officer, scientist and explorer. He conducted several surveys and scientific investigations...
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29917 The Filchner–Ronne Ice Shelf or Ronne–Filchner Ice Shelf is an Antarctic ice shelf bordering the Weddell Sea. The seaward side of the Filchner–Ronne...
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the exploration southward, joining Bruce's discovery to land which Wilhelm Filchner had discovered from the Deutschland in 1912. U.S. Geological Survey...
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also found and named Kaiser Wilhelm II Land. The second German Antarctic expedition (1911–1912) was led by Wilhelm Filchner with a goal of crossing Antarctica...
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edition Erlangen/Germany 1980. Read SATARA. Wilhelm Filchner: Life of a Researcher (chapter XXIII). Wilhelm Filchner was interned from September 1941 until...
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The Second German Antarctic Expedition of 1911–1913 was led by Wilhelm Filchner in the exploration ship Deutschland. Its principal objective was to determine...
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Ergänzungsheft. Reihe B. Deutsches Hydrographisches Institut. 1980. Wilhelm Filchner; Alfred Kling; Erich Przybyllok (1994). To the Sixth Continent: The...
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the German Antarctic Expedition of 1911–1912, led by Wilhelm Filchner. Upon discovery Filchner named the bay for Captain Richard Vahsel of the expedition...
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Antarctic Expedition, 1911–12, and named for Dr. Wilhelm Filchner, leader of the expedition. "Filchner Rocks". Geographic Names Information System. United...
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Austrian scientist, alpinist and Antarctic explorer. He was a member of Wilhelm Filchner's Second German Antarctic Expedition, 1911–13, which failed in its attempt...
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