Alfred Ritscher
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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.
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deceased
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Lived 1879 to 1963 · aged 83
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