XXIX ESC General Assembly, Sept. 12-17, 2004 - GFZ

6. Potsdam Institutes in German Polar Research (1872-1968)
6.1 The AOP
1872 Prof. Herman Carl VOGEL, director of the AOP from 1882-1907,
publishes his results of the spectral investigations of aurora borealis.
6.2 The GIP
1887 Erich von DRYGALSKI (1865-1949),
leader of the first German South Polar
Expedition (1901-03) publishes his
PhD thesis, which F. R. HELMERT
had proposed.
1888-91 E. v. DRYGALSKI works at the GIP.
1894 E. v. DRYGALSKY carries out at the
GIP reference measurements for his
Grönland expedition (1891-93) gravity
data (with STERNECK pendulums).
Peter Bormann XXIX ESC General Assembly, Sept. 12-17, 2004