International Relations of the German Antarctic Expedition 1938/39
International Relations of the German Antarctic Expedition 1938/39
Author(s): József Krisztián SzaláncziSubject(s): History
Published by: Eötvös Loránd Tudományegyetem, Új-és Jelenkori Egyetemes Történeti Tanszék
Keywords: Aerial survey, Anctartic, ctapult ship, expedition, Germany, New Swabia, Norway, Queen Maud Land, Schwabenland territorial claims
Summary/Abstract: At the end of 1938 German catapult ship Schwabenland left the docks of Hamburg to execute a secret task in the southern Ocean: the aerial survaying and mapping of the Antarctic mainland area between the longitudes 12° W and 20° E. Officially the expedition was a scientific journey, but in the background, Nazi Germany prepared to claim for herself a South Polar district. Norway also vindicated sovereignity rights over the region.
Journal: ÖT KONTINENS
- Issue Year: 2012
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 131 - 142
- Page Count: 12
- Language: English
