Anfret Oegon - Great explorer

Anfret Oegon (1880 - 1931): As a German geologist, he had a desire to explore the extreme earth from an early age. There have been numerous visits to the cold island of Grinlen and it was also a snowstorm on the island that claimed Oegon's life. The exploration on the island of Grinlen urged him to write immortal work "The Origin of the Sea and the Continent". The trio of "drifting continental theory", "blooming oceanism theory" and "continental structural theory" of geological science founded by him, laid the theoretical basis to lift the geological mystic curtain Important of the Earth.

Adventurous dream

At the end of the 19th century, any land on Earth had footprints of explorers, only the North Pole and Antarctica were not.

Oegon was born on November 1, 1880 in a Christian family. From a young age he was an adventurous, illusory child.

Oeg, a young man, read many books about adventurers, in which he particularly liked the story of the famous British explorer Jon's story.

Franklin explored "Northwest Sea", eventually sacrificing on the Arctic road that had a profound effect on Oegon, Franklin became his hero in his heart, in his young soul. had intended the future of exploration to be his lifelong goal.

To fulfill his ideals, Oegono actively studied the kinds of related knowledge, he studied tirelessly in the fields of astronomy, geology, meteorology, and he read all the literature and literature. related to Antarctica and Arctic.

In addition, he practiced sports voluntarily for strong health, and Oegon developed a rigorous training plan for himself.

The hot summer season, the small sun wanted to burn the ground, he was still walking on the shoulder of the sand bag for ten kilometers. Cold winter he still day cold water bath. The night of the night without closing the window, he used to wear a bra to stand out in the snow as he rushed to ski, so Oego could not ignore a training opportunity.

In 1905, Oegon had earned his doctorate in Meteorology with outstanding achievements , from which he put all his energy into studying Meteorology. In 1906, he and his younger brother broke the world record at that time on controlling high flying airship for 52 hours.

In the summer of 1906, Oegon finally made his childhood ideal for joining the famous Danish " snowy " snow expedition to Grinlen Island to investigate the weather and glaciers. .

Oegon had lived for 2 years on the icy Grinlen Island, where he discovered some strange phenomena : The glacier is so hard that it is still moving slowly, in this land where no plants can grow. There are also large layers of coal in the ground.

After returning, Oegon continued to think about these phenomena. One day he came to your house to play, there was a map of the world on the wall of this neighbor. As soon as he spoke to Oegon, he looked at the map on the wall, and suddenly he found the protrusions on the east coast of the United States very much in line with the protrusions on the west coast of Africa, leaning like being able to fit together. He exclaimed: "Look, if we pair two African continents with South America, they can fit together, right? " He continued: "Not only Africa and South America, but also Antarctica, North America and Europe too, can fit them together. It can be said that in the old days they were associated with each one becomes a whole body, not a division into five as it is today ".

Oegon is like a psychopath who has just gone home screaming: "The continent has drifted, the continent has drifted."

Not long after, this sound shook the world.

The departure of a great scientist

After Oegon's drifting continental theory was announced to have caused a huge stir around the world, some people agreed but not many people protested.

In the eyes of most people, the continent is immutable, now saying that the continent cracks and drift is not a weird thing?

To prove his reasoning is correct, Oegon has come to Grinlen island several times to explore.

In April 1930 Oegon led the expedition to conquer Grinlen, this was his fourth expedition.

They went to the coast of West Grinlen Island smoothly. At that time, in the Etité facility in central Grinlen Island, two expedition members stayed here during the winter to observe the weather, but storms and snow made supplies difficult. In the middle of September, Oegon decided to bring the equipment himself from the seaside facility to the base.

Oegon led 14 people to the sled, not afraid of the snowstorm . First, the wind is still small, then the stronger the wind, the more and more snow falls. A typhoon struck, people could not open their eyes, all 14 fell down, they struggled to stand up and turn over and over again. The temperature now is minus 65 degrees, taking a step is a stealth risk.

About 160 kilometers away, most of them did not walk anymore, some told Oegon: "We should not go on, otherwise we will die in the snowstorm."

The blizzard of storm did not shake Oegon's will, he said to the members: "If anyone can go, I can go with me, I can't go!", Then he patiently advanced At that time, only 2 people left with him. They fought stubbornly with the snowstorm falling and crawling back and forth, finally reaching the base.

At the base Etit, the supply of food and supplies is very difficult, if you continue to stay here, there is a risk of no food to eat. On November 7, Oegon decided to venture alone to return to the seaside facility to ease the burden of supplies there. On the second day, Oegon and a guide boarded the road by sleigh to the West Coast. No one expected this time, people could no longer see him again. It was not until April of the following year that the expedition found his body.

A great scientist has gone with his idle ideals and career.