• 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...
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  • Ritscher is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Alfred Ritscher (1879–1963), German polar explorer Karen Ritscher, American violist and...
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    German Antarctic Expedition (1938–1939), led by German Navy captain Alfred Ritscher (1879–1963), was the third official Antarctic expedition of the German...
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    here. Bad Lauterberg was the birthplace (1879) of the Polar explorer Alfred Ritscher. Town Council after the local elections on September 11, 2016: CDU:...
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    drawn up. The third German Antarctic Expedition (1938–1939) was led by Alfred Ritscher (1879–1963), a captain in the German Navy. The main purpose was to...
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    to rely on fat imports from Norway. The expedition was led by Capt. Alfred Ritscher who had previous experience in polar expeditions. The ship landed at...
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  • George W. Rice John Richardson Hjalmar Riiser-Larsen Quintin Riley Alfred Ritscher Edith Ronne Finn Ronne James Clark Ross John Ross Vladimir Rusanov...
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  • Third German Antarctic Expedition (1938–1939), and named for Capt. Alfred Ritscher, leader of the expedition. It was remapped from air photos taken by...
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    which in 1938 dispatched the German Antarctic Expedition, led by Alfred Ritscher, to fly over as much of it as possible. The ship Schwabenland reached...
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    In 1938, Germany dispatched the German Antarctic Expedition, led by Alfred Ritscher, to fly over as much of it as possible. The ship Schwabenland reached...
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