Heinrich Seelheim

Heinrich Seelheim (15 August 1884 – 18 December 1964) was a German geographer and diplomat, who was a member of Wilhelm Filchner's Second German Antarctic Expedition in 1911–13.[1] In 1910, to gain polar travel experience, he participated with Filchner and others in a trial expedition to Spitsbergen.[2] He was in charge of the first leg of the Antarctic expedition, between Germany and Buenos Aires, while Filchner remained in Germany. Seelheim resigned from the expedition in Buenos Aires, because of disputes with the ship's captain, Richard Vahsel.[2] After the First World War, Seelheim entered the diplomatic service, and was subsequently German consul in Winnipeg, Canada,[3] and Yokohama, Japan.[4]

References
  1. Hornik, Helmut; Lüdecke, Cornelia (2–3 June 2005). Wilhelm Filchner and Antarctica. 1st SCAR Workshop on the History of Antarctic Research, Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities. p. 57.
  2. Mills, William James (2003). Exploring Polar Frontiers: A Historical Encyclopedia. Santa Barbara, CA; Denver, CO; Oxford, England: ABC-CLIO. p. 228. ISBN 1-57607-422-6.
  3. Wagner, Jonathan F. (1981). Brothers Beyond the Sea: National Socialism in Canada. Waterloo, Ontario: Wilfrid Laurier University Press. ISBN 0-88920-096-3. (unpaginated)
  4. Chapman, John (2011). Ultranationalism in German-Japanese Relations, 1930-1945. Folkestone: Global Oriental. p. 23. ISBN 978-1-906876-24-1.


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