Alexander von Tunzelmann
Alexander Francis Henry von Tunzelmann (15 June 1877 – 19 September 1957), a New Zealand crew member of the Norwegian whaling ship Antarctic was part of the first group known with certainty to have set foot on the mainland of Antarctica—at Cape Adare on 24 January 1895. It is possible that the Anglo-American sealer John Davis achieved this feat 74 years earlier, on 7 February 1821, but his journal entry is open to interpretation.
Alexander Francis Henry von Tunzelmann | |
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Born | Nelson | 15 June 1877
Died | |
Occupation | Crew member of whaling ship |
Children | 5 |
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