History_of_Geology on Nostr: It was not the first time Wegener ventured to Greenland and the Arctic. Likely the ...

It was not the first time Wegener ventured to Greenland and the Arctic. Likely the sights of floating icebergs inspired (among other geological evidence) his famous idea of continental drift.
For years Alfred Wegener had argued that continents were not fixed land masses, but were able to drift on the plastic mantle of Earth. But despite some initial interest, most geologists remained unconvinced, suggesting Wegener should stick with his main field - meterology.
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