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In 1906, Wegener participated in the first of his four Greenland expeditions, later regarding this experience as marking a decisive turning point in his life. The Denmark expedition was led by the Dane Ludvig Mylius-Erichsen and charged with studying the last unknown portion of the northeastern coast of Greenland.
In the end this venture would claim Wegener's life during a return trip from the Eismitte station together with expedition member Rasmus Villumsen. [2] Wegener had experience as an Arctic explorer. Previously he had taken part as a meteorologist in the 1906–1908 Danmark Expedition and the 1912-1913 Danish Expedition to Queen Louise Land.
Queen Louise Land and neighbouring areas NASA picture. Alfred Wegener in the Borg station during the 1912-1913 winter.. The Danish Expedition to Queen Louise Land, also known as the Danish expedition to Queen Louise Land and straight through Greenland’s ice sheet (Danish: Danske ekspedition til Dronning Louises Land og tværs over Nordgrønlands indlandsis), as well as Danish North Greenland ...
This peninsula was named during the Three-year Expedition to East Greenland by Arne Noe-Nygaard (1908-1991). He named it after German scientist Alfred Wegener (1880–1930), who had taken part in the 1906–08 Danmark Expedition and the 1912–13 Danish Expedition to Queen Louise Land led by J.P. Koch.
In 1929 Wegener would return to Greenland for the German Greenland Expedition. The Danske Islands were given their name by John Haller during the 1956–1958 Expedition to East Greenland led by Lauge Koch, in order to pay due homage to the authoritative work of the 1906–08 Denmark expedition. [8]
1610: Galileo Galilei: Sidereus Nuncius: telescopic observations. 1614: John Napier: use of logarithms for calculation. [127] 1619: Johannes Kepler: third law of planetary motion. 1620: Appearance of the first compound microscopes in Europe. 1628: Willebrord Snellius: the law of refraction also known as Snell's law. 1628: William Harvey: blood ...
Wegener said that of all those theories, Taylor's had the most similarities to his own. For a time in the mid-20th century, the theory of continental drift was referred to as the "Taylor-Wegener hypothesis". [26] [29] [30] [31] Alfred Wegener first presented his hypothesis to the German Geological Society on 6 January 1912. [5]
Alfred Wegener (German, 1880–1930) – developed theory of continental drift Frank T. M. White (Australian, 1909–1971) – mining and metallurgical engineer; mineral science educator Emil Johann Wiechert (German, 1861–1928) – first verifiable model of layered structure of the Earth ; pioneering work on propagation of seismic waves