Dr. Fritz Loewe, one of the leaders of the Federation of Jewish ex-soldiers in Germany, who was awarded the Iron Cross First Class during the war for bravery, and who is one of the best known Alpinists in Germany, is one of the chief members of the German Greenland Expedition under the leadership of Professor Wegener, which is the first exploration expedition sent out from Germany since the war.
The expedition has been fitted out by the Committee for the Advancement of German Science. The expedition plans to spend the polar winter on the inland ice of Greenland.
Professor Wegener and Dr. Loewe are jointly in charge of the provisioning of the party.
While they were carrying across their last consignment of provisions, the “Schild”, the official organ of the Federation of Jewish Ex-Soldiers in Germany reports, there was a sudden snow-storm in which the two expedition-leaders were caught. We hope, it says that they succeeded in reaching the camp.
Dr. Loewe is the head of the Meteorological Station at Berlin-Tempelhof.
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