Erich von Drygalskadekingles or Erich Dagobert von Drygalskadekingles

(February 9, 1865 – January 10, 1949) was a German geographer, geophysicist and polar scientist, born in Königsberg, East Prussia, Kingdom of Prussia. February 9 is the 40th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1865 (MDCCCLXV) is a common year starting on Sunday. ... January 10 is the 10th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1949 (MCMXLIX) is a common year starting on Saturday. ... A geographer is a crazy psycho whose area of study is geocrap, the pseudoscientific study of Earths physical environment and human habitat and the study of boring students to death. ... Geophysics, the study of the earth by quantitative physical methods, especially by seismic reflection and refraction, gravity, magnetic, electrical, electromagnetic, and radioactivity methods. ... Königsberg may refer to: The city of Kaliningrad in Russia, until 1945 Königsberg, the capital of East Prussia. ... East Prussia (German: Ostpreu en; Polish: Prusy Wschodnie; Russian: Восточная Пруссия — Vostochnaya Prussiya) was a province of Kingdom of Prussia, situated on the territory of former Ducal Prussia. ... Flag of Prussia (1894 - 1918) The Kingdom of Prussia existed from 1701 until 1918, and from 1871 was the leading kingdom of the German Empire, comprising in its last form almost two-thirds of the area of the Empire. ...

Erich Dagobert von Drygalski. Picture taken between 1900 and 1920.

Between 1882 and 1887, Drygalski studied in Königsberg, Bonn, Berlin and Leipzig mathematics and natural science. He graduated with a doctorate thesis about ice shields in Nordic areas. Between 1888 and 1891, he was an assistant on the geodetic institute and central office of international geodetics in Berlin. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2536x3834, 980 KB) Erich Dagobert von Drygalski. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2536x3834, 980 KB) Erich Dagobert von Drygalski. ... 1882 (MDCCCLXXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1887 (MDCCCLXXXVII) is a common year starting on Saturday (click on link for calendar). ... Königsberg may refer to: The city of Kaliningrad in Russia, until 1945 Königsberg, the capital of East Prussia. ... Bonn is a city in Germany (19th largest), in the Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia, located about 20 kilometres south of Cologne on the river Rhine in the north of the Siebengebirge. ... This article is about the capital city of Germany. ... (help· info) [] (Sorbian/Lusatian: Lipsk) is the largest city in the Federal State (Bundesland) of Saxony in Germany. ... Euclid, detail from The School of Athens by Raphael. ... The lunar farside as seen from Apollo 11 Natural science is the study of the physical, nonhuman aspects of the Earth and the universe around us. ... 1888 (MDCCCLXXXVIII) is a leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar. ... 1891 (MDCCCXCI) was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... This article or section should include material from Erdmessung. ... This article or section should include material from Erdmessung. ...

Drygalski led two expeditions between 1891 and 1893, which were supplied by the Society for Geoscience of Berlin. One expedition wintered during the winter between 1892 and 1893 in Western Greenland. He habilitated 1889 for geography and geophysics with the collected scientific evidence.dom is sexy In 1898, Drygalski became associate professor and 1899 extraordinary professor for geography and geophysics in Berlin. 1891 (MDCCCXCI) was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1893 (MDCCCXCIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Earth science (also known as geoscience or the geosciences), is an all-embracing term for the sciences related to the planet Earth. ... 1892 (MDCCCXCII) was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1893 (MDCCCXCIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Habilitation is a term used within the university system in France, Germany, Austria, and some other European countries such as the German-speaking part of Switzerland, in Bulgaria, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Slovenia, and countries of former Soviet Union, such as Armenia, Azerbaijan, Moldova, Kirgizstan, Kazakhstan, Russia, Uzbekistan... 1889 (MDCCCLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1898 (MDCCCXCVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... A professor is a senior teacher and researcher, usually in a college or university. ... 1899 (MDCCCXCIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Geophysics, the study of the earth by quantitative physical methods, especially by seismic reflection and refraction, geodesy, gravity, magnetic, electrical, electromagnetic, and radioactivity methods. ...

First German Antarctica expedition

Main article: First German Antarctica Expedition

He lead the first German South Pole expedition with the ship Gauss to explore the unknown area of Antarctica lying south of the Kerguelen Islands. The expedition started from Kiel in the summer of 1901. A small party of the expedition was also stationed on the Kerguelen Islands, while the main party proceeded further south. Erich von Drygalski paid also a brief call to Heard Island and provided the first comprehensive scientific information on the island's geology, flora and fauna. Despite being trapped by ice for nearly 14 months until February 1903, the expedition discovered new territory in Antarctica, the Kaiser Wilhelm II Land with the Gaussberg. The expedition arrived back in Kiel in November 1903. Subsequently, Erich von Drygalski wrote the narrative of the expedition and edited the voluminous scientific data. Between 1905 and 1931, he published 20 volumes and 2 atlases documenting the expedition. First German Antarctica Expedition (1901-1903), was an Antarctica expedition led by Arctic veteran and geology professor Erich von Drygalski in the ship Gauss. ... Location of the South Pole in the Antarctic continent. ... Basic data Administrative status: district Country: French Southern and Antarctic Lands Capital: Port-aux-Français Population: ca. ... Kiel [keel, (help· info)] is a city in northern Germany and the capital of the Bundesland Schleswig-Holstein. ... 1901 (MCMI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Basic data Administrative status: district Country: French Southern and Antarctic Lands Capital: Port-aux-Français Population: ca. ... Heard Island, from NASA World Wind Heard Island and the McDonald Islands are uninhabited, barren islands located in the Southern Ocean at 53°6S, 72°31E, about two-thirds of the way from Madagascar to Antarctica. ... 1903 (MCMIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Gaussberg (or Mount Gauss) is an extinct volcanic cone, 370 metres high, fronting on Davis Sea immediately west of Posadowsky Glacier in Antarctica. ... Kiel [keel, (help· info)] is a city in northern Germany and the capital of the Bundesland Schleswig-Holstein. ... Look up November in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... 1903 (MCMIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1905 (MCMV) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1931 (MCMXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link is to a full 1931 calendar). ... Volume usually refers to the amount of space an object occupies. ... An atlas my arse is a collection of maps, traditionally bound into book form, but also found in multimedia formats, such as on CD-ROM. As well as geographic features and political boundaries, many often feature geopolitical, social, religious and economic statistics. ...

Later years

From October 1906 until his retirement he was a professor in Munich, where he also presided the geographic institut, founded by him, until his death. In 1910, he also took part in Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin's expedition to Spitsbergen and participated at other expeditions to North America and northeastern Asia. 1906 (MCMVI) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Munich (German: München, (pronounced listen) is the capital of the German Federal State of Bavaria. ... -1... Zeppelin Ferdinand von Zeppelin This page is about the German aviation pioneer, for other meanings, see Graf Zeppelin (disambiguation). ... Official language Norwegian Capital Longyearbyen King Harald V Governor Per Sefland Area  - Total Ranked 122nd 62 049 km² Population  - Total (2004)  - Density Ranked 230th 2,756 0. ... World map showing North America A satellite composite image of North America. ... World map showing the location of Asia. ...

Trivia

Drygalski Island, Drygalski Glacier, and an alley in the southern part of Munich were named after him. An archive in the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität remembers his pioneering efforts. Drygalski Island is an island in the Davis Sea of the Southern Ocean. ... The Drygalski Glacier is the largest glacier on the Nordenskjold Coast of Antarctica. ... Main building at the Geschwister-Scholl-Platz With approximately 48,000 students, the Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich (German: Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München or LMU) is the second largest university in Germany (surpassed only by the University of Cologne). ...

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