# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/alfred-ritscher
# Generated: 2026-08-14T05:51:09.128Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/alfred-ritscher"
name: "Alfred Ritscher"
slug: "alfred-ritscher"
description: "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 named for him."
tagline: "German explorer (1879–1963)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Alfred_Ritscher.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
birthDate: "1879-05-23"
deathDate: "1963-03-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           10.95885733333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Альфред Річер"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AF_%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%B1"
    title: "الفريد ريتشر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Алфред Ричер"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Ritscher"
    title: "Alfred Ritscher"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Ritscher"
    title: "Alfred Ritscher"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Ritscher"
    title: "Alfred Ritscher"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Ritscher"
    title: "Alfred Ritscher"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Ritscher"
    title: "Alfred Ritscher"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfr%C4%93ds_Ri%C4%8Ders"
    title: "Alfrēds Ričers"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Ritscher"
    title: "Alfred Ritscher"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Ritscher"
    title: "Alfred Ritscher"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Ritscher"
    title: "Alfred Ritscher"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%B5%D1%80%2C_%D0%90%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%84%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B4"
    title: "Ричер, Альфред"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump