2003/01/01 by Cornelia Lüdecke, Lüdecke, C. · 1 citation
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Environmental Science · #Environmental Monitoring and Data Management #Polar Research and Ecology #Science
paper · pdf · doi:10.2312/polarforschung.71.3.109
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After the Grcat War, Leonid Ludwig Breitfu (1864-1950), a Russian of German parentage, fled from the Russian Revolution to Berlin in 1920, wherc he had studied nearly 30 years previously.He was employed at the Museum of Natural History and, in addition to his duties therc, hc started to work on his comprehensive chronology of Arctic and Antarctic expeditions.For this purpose he established a private polar library and a special polar archive, which became his major source.He continued his research during World War Ir.After the war, British officcrs and mcmbcrs of the Scott Polar Research Institute (SPRI, Cambridge) discussed with him further possibilities for his work.Finally,