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History of the Austrian Polar Exploration - English
URL: http://www.arctic.at/castaway/history/history.html

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Antarctic Explorers: Wilhelm Filchner - English
URL: http://www.south-pole.com/p0000103.htm

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Wilhelm Filchner was born in Bayreuth, Germany on September 13, 1877. At the age of 15 he joined the Prussian Military Academy. His first expedition was a seven-week sojourn through Russia when he was 21 years old. When he was 23 he accomplished a one-man journey on horseback through the Pamir Range of central Asia.

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Chapter 16. The first Swiss and Japanese expedition. - English
URL: http://www.70south.com/resources/history/chapters/chapter16

The Swiss Wilhelm Filchner had great plans. He wanted to cross the continent to see of Antarctica was one piece of land. With two ships he would navigate to the South. The first ship would sail on the Weddell Sea, the other to the Ross Sea.

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