Alexander Francis Henry von Tunzelmann | |
|---|---|
| Born | 15 June 1877 |
| Died | |
| Occupation | Crew member of whaling ship |
| Children | 5 |
Alexander Francis Henry von Tunzelmann (15 June 1877 – 19 September 1957), a New Zealand crew member of the Norwegian whaling ship Antarctic was part of the first group known with certainty to have set foot on the mainland[1] of Antarctica—at Cape Adare on 24 January 1895. It is possible that the Anglo-American sealer John Davis achieved this feat 74 years earlier, on 7 February 1821, but his journal entry is open to interpretation.