Deutsche Antarktische Expedition
Acrylic on salvaged wood
22”x22”
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The German Antarctic Expedition of 1938-1939 was launched in secret by the government of the Third Reich for economic, scientific, and exploratory reasons. Headed by Captain Alfred Ritscher, the pioneering expedition mapped 300,000 kilometers of previously unknown regions of the Antarctic continent via flights and foot treks.
The official history is that the expedition lasted only 30 days and, though planned, due to the Second World War no following voyages were ever carried out.
Rumors of secret German bases, surviving colonies, experimental scientific research, nuclear destruction and even hyper-advanced anti-gravity technology have surrounded the legacy of the expedition. The mysteries of Antarctica continue to captivate the minds onlookers around the world, perhaps at the bottom of it or even… within it.
