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Alfred Ritscher

German explorer
Alfred Ritscher was a German polar explorer. A Kapitän zur See in the Kriegsmarine, he led the third German Antarctic Expedition in 1938–39, which mapped the New Swabia territories of Queen Maud Land. Ritscher Peak and Ritscher Upland there are... Wikipedia
Born: May 23, 1879, Bad Lauterberg, Germany
Died: March 30, 1963 (age 83 years), Hamburg, Germany