ferdinandvonzeppelin

Used in book: The nations at war, August 1914 - August 1916 By Willis John Abbot books.google.com/books?id=KOk7AQAAIAAJ&pg=PA163&l...

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_von_Zeppelin Honolulu Evening bulletin., March 21, 1910, 2:30 EDITION, Page 6, Image 6 chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn82016413/1910-03-21/ed-... links Zeppelin and Heigesell in relation to an expedition to the North Pole using a Zeppelin airship. The general suitability of balloons for polar exploration has survived for a century. See ScienceDaily: Zeppelin Expedition Will Survey Sea Ice In The Arctic www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/04/070412093800.htm

The Professor's last name appears actually to be Hergesell. See, e.g., www.photolib.noaa.gov/htmls/ship4536.htm First name appears to be Hugo metafrog.blogspot.com/2007/04/hugo-hergesell-scientist-te... Here's another LoC picture of Hergesell: www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2002722092/

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swanq: Thanks for the link to the book where this picture appeared, and for the correct spelling for Professor Hergesell's name. We'll include this information next time we update the description.

In German airship lore, the three main characters were Count Zeppelin, Dr. Hugo Eckener, and Flugkapitaen Peter Strasser (wartime commander of the Naval airship division). Men under their command referred to them, privately, as the "Vati" (father / Zeppelin), "the Pope" (Dr. Eckener), and the Son (Strasser). Here is a photo of "The Father", Count Zeppelin.

Bain's copy photo of the burning airship "L-2":