# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/cornelia-ludecke
# Generated: 2026-08-13T11:40:52.146Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/cornelia-ludecke"
name: "Cornelia Lüdecke"
slug: "cornelia-ludecke"
description: "Cornelia Lüdecke is a German polar researcher and author. A leading figure in the history of German polar research and the history of meteorology and oceanography, she founded the Expert Group on History of Antarctic Research within the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), institutionalising historical study and reflection for the Antarctic scientific community. Her books, among others, about the Schwabenland Expedition to Antarctica during the Third Reich and Germans in the Antarctic are milestones in the history of polar research publications."
tagline: "Polar researcher, author"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/L%C3%BCdecke_at_the_Le_Maire_Chanal_Antarctica.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1954-11-25"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           36.27
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.470014666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Cornelia Lüdecke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%86%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%A7_%D9%84%D9%88%D8%AF%DA%A9%DA%A9%D9%87"
    title: "کورنلیا لودککه"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornelia_L%C3%BCdecke"
    title: "Cornelia Lüdecke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%96%D1%8F_%D0%9B%D1%8E%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BA%D0%B5"
    title: "Корнелія Людеке"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornelia_L%C3%BCdecke"
    title: "Cornelia Lüdecke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornelia_L%C3%BCdecke"
    title: "Cornelia Lüdecke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q26235988"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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