Alfred Wegener
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Alfred Lothar Wegener was a German climatologist, geologist, geophysicist, meteorologist, and polar researcher.
Wegener, c. 1924–1930
Commemorative plaque on Wegener's former school in Wallstrasse
Wegener in 1910
Plaque on the university building in Marburg where Wegener worked
Heinrich Harrer
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Heinrich Harrer was an Austrian mountaineer, explorer, writer, sportsman, geographer, and an SS sergeant. He was a member of the four-man climbing team that made the first ascent of the North Face of
Alfred Wegener
…Their third daughter Hanna Charlotte ("Lotte", 1920–1989) was born in Hamburg. Lotte would in 1938 marry the famous Austrian mountaineer and adventurer Heinrich Harrer, while in 1939, Käte married Siegfried Uiberreither, Austrian Nazi Gauleiter of Styria. As an infantry reserve officer Wegener was immediately called…
Harrer in 1997
Eiger North Face, Bernese Alps, Switzerland
The Pargo Kaling chorten (front) were demolished during the Cultural Revolution and reconstructed by Lhasa authorities in 1995.
The Heinrich Harrer Museum in Hüttenberg, Austria