- he
proposed to sail to the
Weddell Sea and to land a s****
party near
Vahsel Bay, in
preparation for a
transcontinental march via the
South Pole to the...
-
Richard Vahsel (9
February 1868 – 8
August 1912) was a
German naval officer who
served as
second officer on the
Antarctic Gauss expedition,
under command...
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Vahsel Bay (German: Vahselbucht) is a bay
about 7
miles wide in the
western part of the
Luitpold Coast, Antarctica. This bay
receives the flow of the Schweitzer...
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Vahsel Glacier (53°04′S 73°23′E / 53.067°S 73.383°E / -53.067; 73.383) is a
glacier on the
northwestern side of
Heard Island in the
southern Indian...
- as 90
metres (100 yd) inland.
Baudissin Glacier on the
north coast, and
Vahsel Glacier on the west
coast have lost at
least 30 and 60
metres (100 and 200 ft)...
- emplo****:
Endurance would carry the main
party into the
Weddell Sea,
aiming for
Vahsel Bay from
where a team of six, led by Shackleton,
would begin the crossing...
- was
charted in 1902 by the
GerAE under Drygalski. He
named it for
Richard Vahsel, an
officer on the
Gauss and a
member of the
party that made geological...
- Cape
Vahsel (54°45′S 35°48′W / 54.750°S 35.800°W / -54.750; -35.800) is a
headland forming the
eastern tip of
South Georgia. It was
roughly charted...
- Shelf.
Attempts to set up
their land base at a
small inlet which they
named Vahsel Bay
failed when they
chose a site on
insecure ice
which broke away, taking...
-
January 1915,
Endurance was
within 200 nmi (370 km) of her destination,
Vahsel Bay. By the
following morning,
heavy pack ice was
sighted and in the afternoon...
