A short biography of alfred wegener plate

Alfred Wegener, (full name Alfred Lothar Wegener), was born in Berlin on November 1, 1880. He gained a doctoral degree in Astronomy from the University of Berlin in 1904.

After 1906 Alfred Wegener participated in several expeditions to Greenland where high altitude air masses were tracked and where the existence of so-called "jet streams" of air at high altitude became scientifically established.

Alfred Wegener actually met his end on one of these expeditions to Greenland.

Alfred wegener theory

This particular expedition had been intended to take readings of the arctic weather in Greenland during the course of a year. Wegener led a party to re-provision a forward camp, known as Eismitte, (or Mid-Ice), deep the interior which was running out of fuel and and had not already been re-supplied due to a late and limited summer thaw that year.

The party set out in late september, 1930, and suffered terribly in temperatures of -60^o C in repl