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Argentine scientist (1880–1961)

Alférez de NavíoJosé María Sobral (April 14, 1880 – April 14, 1961) was an Argentine explorer, geologist, naval officer and author who rose to prominence by participating in the Swedish Antarctic Expedition (1901–1904) becoming the first Argentine to overwinter in Antarctica.

Later he pursued studies at Uppsala University becoming the first Argentine to obtain a geology degree.

The Life of José Maria Sobral: Scientist, Diarist, and

Sobral worked briefly as ambassador to Norway in 1930 before returning to Argentina to work at YPF.^[1]

Biography

Sobral was born in Gualeguaychú, Entre Ríos. He joined the Swedish Antarctic Expedition on the ship Antarctic in Buenos Aires at the end of 1901, when the group headed by Otto Nordenskjöld asked the Argentine Government for supplies, to perform a series of meteorological, biological geological and geodesical studies.

The expedition arrived at Snow Hill Island at the Weddell Sea in 1902, where they were to spend one Alférez Sobral: el primer argentino en la Antártida KYPUR