Gauss expedition

Gauss enclosed in the ice, seen from a tethered balloon

The Gauss expedition of 1901–1903 (also known as the Deutsche Südpolar-Expedition 1901–1903)[1] was the first German expedition to Antarctica. It was led by geologist Erich von Drygalski in the ship Gauss, named after the mathematician and physicist Carl Friedrich Gauss.

  1. ^ Brøndsted, H. V. (1931). "Die Kalkschwämme der Deutschen Südpolar-Expedition 1901–1903". pp. 1–47 in Drygalski, E. von (ed.) Deutsche Südpolar-Expedition 1901–1903 20 (Zool. 12). Retrieved 2020-09-18.