Did the Nazis really drop swastika flags all over Antarctica? Are the flags still there?

Answer 1

There is some truth to this:

New Swabia (German: Neuschwabenland or Neu-Schwabenland) was a section of the continent Antarctica between 20°E and 10°W (overlapping a portion of Norway's claim zone Queen Maud Land), which was claimed by Germany between 19 January 1939 and 8 May 1945.


Like many other countries, Germany sent several expeditions to the Antarctic region in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Most of them were scientific. The expeditions in the late 19th century were astronomical, meteorological and hydrological, and took place in the Southern Ocean and on South Georgia, the Kerguelen Islands and the Crozet Islands, mostly in close collaboration with scientific teams from other countries. However, at the end of the 19th century, the Germans started to focus on Antarctica itself.

The first German Antarctic Expedition (1901-1903), led by Arctic veteran and geology professor Erich von Drygalski, was the first to use a hot-air balloon in Antarctica. It also discovered and named Kaiser Wilhelm II Land.

The second German Antarctic Expedition (1911–1912), led by Wilhelm Filchner, aimed to cross Antarctica in an attempt to determine if Antarctica was one piece of land. The crossing attempt failed before it even started but the expedition discovered and named the Luitpold Coast and the Filchner Ice Shelf.

A German whaling fleet had put to sea in 1937 and when it successfully returned in the spring of 1938, plans for a third German Antarctic Expedition were drawn up.


The third German Antarctic Expedition (1938-1939) was led by Alfred Ritscher (1879-1963). The main purpose was to secure an area in Antarctica for a German whaling station, as part of a plan to increase Germany’s production of fat. Whale oil was then the most important raw material for the production of margarine and soap in Germany and the country was the second largest purchaser of Norwegian whale oil, importing some 200,000 metric tons annually. Besides the disadvantage of being dependent on foreign sources, especially since it was likely Germany soon would be at war, this put considerable pressure on Germany’s foreign currency assets.


On December 17, 1938 the New Swabia Expedition departed Hamburg for Antarctica aboard the Schwabenland, a freighter capable of carrying and catapulting aircraft. The expedition had 33 members plus the Schwabenland's crew of 24. In January 1939 the ship arrived in an area already claimed in 1938 by Norway as Dronning Maud Land and began charting the region. In the following weeks 15 flights were made by the ship’s two Dornier Wal aircraft named Passat and Boreas over an area reported to be about 600,000 square km (though others claim it was half this size). The result was more than 11,000 aerial photographs. To assert Germany’s claim to newly-named Neu-Schwabenland three German flags were placed along the coast and 13 more were air-dropped further inland. Teams also walked along the coast recording claim reservations on hills and other significant landmarks. The expedition established a temporary base and also reported the discovery by air of hot springs with vegetation in some areas of the so-called Schirmacher Oasis which now hosts Maitri station. The place was named after captain Schirmacher, who conducted the flight during which the freshwater lakes were discovered shortly before the Schwabenland's return to Germany in February 1939.

Two more expeditions were scheduled for 1939-1940 and 1940-1941. These expeditions were expected to search for suitable whaling grounds and more importantly, extend Germany’s territorial claims in the Antarctic. The second expedition would also address some military issues, probably investigating the feasibility of naval bases from which Germany could control the South Atlantic and Indian Ocean along with the Drake Passage. Both were cancelled with the outbreak of World War II.

The name Neuschwabenland (and sometimes “New Schwabenland” or New Swabia) is still used for the region on some maps, as are many of the German names given to its geographic features. Neumayer Station, Germany's current Antarctic research facility, is located in the New Swabia area.

Answer 2

i imagine (yet do no longer know) that the police might want to attitude the homestead proprietor with the actuality that, even if Naziism is "only a form of authorities" as "The Jesus ingredient" says, and not in any respect "about gassing jews" as he keeps, a huge style of human beings, jews and others, besides as American infantrymen, were killed therefore of Naziism, and therefore the swastika flag is horrendously offensive to a lot of human beings. it might want to be like my flying a accomplice flag close to my the front gate, understanding that the relatives straight away by the line is black, as is the relatives straight away south of my resources. that's fairly scary because of that's historic previous. therefore, considering that I stay so a procedures back in the woods such that you may't see my homestead from the line nor see the line from my homestead, I actually have proudly flown a number of accomplice flags on 20 feet. flag poles in my the front backyard, because no you would possibly even see them until eventually they have entered my gate and are available waaayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy up my lengthy and winding, hilly, and wooded driveway (1/2 mile lengthy). Then, that's my flag on my inner most position. yet, out of respect for yet another human being's want to stay in peace, in spite of my help for the Confederacy, i visit't fly the accomplice flag out by ability of my gate, in or out of the fence line. God Bless you.

Answer 3

Yes, Dont know but i rember hearing them fiding a bunch in 2002