Alfred Ritscher, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Alfred Ritscher

German explorer

Date of Birth: 23-May-1879

Place of Birth: Bad Lauterberg im Harz, Lower Saxony, Germany

Date of Death: 30-Mar-1963

Profession: explorer

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Alfred Ritscher (23 May 1879 in Bad Lauterberg – 30 March 1963 in Hamburg) was a German polar explorer.
A Kapitän zur See in the Kriegsmarine, he led the third German Antarctic Expedition in 1938-39, which mapped the New Swabia (German: Neuschwabenland) area of Queen Maud Land.
Ritscher Peak and Ritscher Upland there are named for him.