* Astronomy

Alfred Lothar Wegener (November 1, 1880 - November 1930) was a German polar researcher, geophysicist and meteorologist.
During his lifetime he was primarily known for his achievements in meteorology and as a pioneer of polar research, but today he is most remembered for advancing the theory of continental drift (Kontinentalverschiebung) in 1912, which hypothesized that the continents were slowly drifting around the Earth. 
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Deutsche Gronland-Expedition Alfred Wegener 1930

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