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Articles | Volume 89, issue 1
Articles | Volume 89, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/polf-89-25-2021
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https://doi.org/10.5194/polf-89-25-2021
© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 89, issue 1
Scientific article
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20 May 2021
Scientific article |  | 20 May 2021

Wilhelm Filchner – hierarchy and insufficient leadership on the Second German Antarctic Expedition

Ursula Rack

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The Second German Antarctic Expedition (1911–1912) had problems before it set sail south. Wilhelm Filchner (1877–1957) failed to secure his position as expedition leader. He had the support neither of the scientists and officers on board nor of the scientific community in Germany. However, the scientific results were astonishing considering these unfortunate circumstances. That is an example that bad leadership and successful scientific work are not contradictions.
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