Alfred Ritscher

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 () territories of Queen Maud Land. Ritscher Peak and Ritscher Upland there are named for him. Provided by Wikipedia