Leo Gburek
Leo Gburek (born April 18, 1910 in Bismarckhütte , † January 17, 1941 near the Shetland Islands ) was a German geophysicist and member of the German Antarctic Expedition 1938/39 .
Life
Leo Gburek attended elementary school and high school in Beuthen . In 1929 he began studying geophysics at the University of Leipzig . In the summer months of 1937 and 1938 he took part in expeditions to Spitzbergen , where he carried out geomagnetic surveys. There he met Ernst Herrmann , who in 1938/39 became a participant in the third German Antarctic expedition led by Alfred Ritscher . Because of his polar experience, Gburek was also selected to take part in this expedition in October 1938. His tasks included geomagnetic measurements on the Antarctic continent as well as core counts and radiation measurements with an actinometer provided by Franz Linke during the outward and return journey . A group of nunataks protruding from the ice sheet was named Gburekspitzen by the expedition leaders .
At the beginning of the Second World War, Gburek was called up and served as a weather observer with the Air Force in Wekusta 1./Ob.dL. In January 1941, his plane was shot down during a reconnaissance flight over the Shetland Islands. He was buried in Fair Isle Cemetery on January 20, 1941 and later reburied at the German War Cemetery at Cannock Chase , Staffordshire, England.
Fonts
- Geophysical work report. In: Preliminary report on the German Antarctic Expedition 1938/39. Annalen der Hydrographie und Maritimen Meteorologie VIII (1939), supplement, pp. 21-23.
- Geomagnetic measurements, ice investigations, radiation measurements and core counts. In: A. Ritscher (Ed.) German Antarctic Expedition 1938/39. Scientific and aeronautical results. Volume 2, Mundus, Hamburg 1954-1958, pp. 97-100.
Web links
- Walter Hesse: On the 10th anniversary of Leo Gburek's death . Polar Research Volume 21, p. 32.
Individual evidence
- ^ Directory of German names in the Antarctic ( memento of January 23, 2009 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on October 15, 2014
- ↑ Gburekspitzen in Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica
- ↑ History of the shooting down on a page of the Fair Isle ( Memento of the original from September 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed October 29, 2014
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gburek, Leo |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German geophysicist and polar explorer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 18, 1910 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bismarckhütte |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 17, 1941 |
| Place of death | at the Shetland Islands |