Hero's journey into the eternal ice
The sinking of the German Arctic Expedition on Spitsbergen in 1912/13.
In August 1912, the crew of the Herzog Ernst set off for Spitsbergen under expedition leader Herbert Schröder-Stranz. It is the time of the great polar voyages, the race to the South Pole is in full swing.
The German Arctic Expedition was also supposed to turn brave men into heroes. But the mission, a failure due to inexperience and boundless hubris, ends in disaster.
Of ever more daring course changes, the grueling battle against the icy cold and spectacular rescue missions: Jürgen Kehrer tells the gripping story of this catastrophic adventure with breathtaking suspense.
adventure - and gets to the bottom of the age-old longing to be a hero.
Jürgen Kehrer is a journalist and author. The first part of his crime series about the private detective Georg Wilsberg from Münster was published in 1990.
Wilsberg has been the hero of a TV crime series on ZDF since 1995. Jürgen Kehrer also writes historical and contemporary crime novels, scripts for television and non-fiction books.
Jürgen Kehrer lives with his wife in Berlin.
As always, the team from "de Holter Wienkeller" will provide the culinary delights.
On 16.04.2026 at 20:00 in the Fehntjer Forum (admission: from 19:30).
The sinking of the German Arctic Expedition on Spitsbergen in 1912/13.
In August 1912, the crew of the Herzog Ernst set off for Spitsbergen under expedition leader Herbert Schröder-Stranz. It is the time of the great polar voyages, the race to the South Pole is in full swing.
The German Arctic Expedition was also supposed to turn brave men into heroes. But the mission, a failure due to inexperience and boundless hubris, ends in disaster.
Of ever more daring course changes, the grueling battle against the icy cold and spectacular rescue missions: Jürgen Kehrer tells the gripping story of this catastrophic adventure with breathtaking suspense.
adventure - and gets to the bottom of the age-old longing to be a hero.
Jürgen Kehrer is a journalist and author. The first part of his crime series about the private detective Georg Wilsberg from Münster was published in 1990.
Wilsberg has been the hero of a TV crime series on ZDF since 1995. Jürgen Kehrer also writes historical and contemporary crime novels, scripts for television and non-fiction books.
Jürgen Kehrer lives with his wife in Berlin.
As always, the team from "de Holter Wienkeller" will provide the culinary delights.
On 16.04.2026 at 20:00 in the Fehntjer Forum (admission: from 19:30).
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