Erich Barkow

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Erich Barkow (born March 10, 1882 in Elberfeld , † January 7, 1923 in Berlin ) was a German meteorologist and polar researcher. He took part in the Second German Antarctic Expedition in 1911/12 under Wilhelm Filchner .

Life

Barkow completed his meteorology studies at the University of Marburg with the dissertation "Experiments on the formation of fog and its optical properties in water vapor and other vapors" in 1905. He then took up a position at the Meteorological Institute in Potsdam .

In August 1910 he took part in an expedition to Spitzbergen with Wilhelm Filchner , which served in preparation for the planned Second German Antarctic Expedition. From May 1911 to December 1912 Barkow took part in the Antarctic expedition led by Filchner. During the nine-month drift of the research vessel Deutschland through the pack ice of the Weddell Sea , he recorded series of aerological measurements that led to a better understanding of the air pressure and wind distribution in this sector of the Antarctic. His diary provided historians with important information about the tensions that arose between the participants during the expedition.

Fonts (selection)

  • The natural ventilation of the thermometer installation on the meteorological observatory in Potsdam . Report on the activities of the Kgl. Prussia. meteor. Institutes i. J. 1909, pp. 97-113.
  • Preliminary report on the meteorological observations of the German Antarctic Expedition 1911–1912 . Meteorol. Lines 49, 120-126.

Honors

After the Barkow were Mount Barkow in the Antarctic, as well as the Barkowfjellet named in Svalbard.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Technical Committee History of Meteorology: 125 Years Ago . Retrieved November 8, 2018
  2. ↑ Reinhard A. Krause (2011): For the centenary of the German Antarctic Expedition under the direction of Wilhelm Filchner, 1911-1912 . Polar Research 81, pp. 103-126.
  3. ^ Kurt Brunner and Cornelia Lüdecke (2012): Exercise for the Antarctic - Wilhelm Filchner's pre-expedition to Spitzbergen in 1910. A contribution to expedition cartography . Publication series Institute for Geodesy of the University of the Federal Armed Forces, Munich, Issue 88 , pp. 69–70
  4. ^ U. Rack: Socio-historical study on polar research based on German and Austro-Hungarian polar expeditions between 1868-1939 . Diss. Vienna 2009, pp. 273–281.
  5. ^ The Place Names of Svalbard . Norsk Polarinstitutt 122, p. 43
personal data
SURNAME Barkow, Erich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German meteorologist and polar researcher
DATE OF BIRTH March 10, 1882
PLACE OF BIRTH Elberfeld
DATE OF DEATH January 7, 1923
Place of death Berlin