Alexander von Tunzelmann

Alexander Francis Henry von Tunzelmann
Born(1877-06-15)15 June 1877
Nelson, New Zealand
Died19 September 1957(1957-09-19) (aged 80)
Invercargill, New Zealand
OccupationCrew member of whaling ship
Children5

Alexander Francis Henry von Tunzelmann (15 June 1877 – 19 September 1957), a New Zealand crew member of the Norwegian whaling ship Antarctic was part of the first group known with certainty to have set foot on the mainland of Antarcticaat Cape Adare on 24 January 1895. It is possible that the Anglo-American sealer John Davis achieved this feat 74 years earlier, on 7 February 1821, but his journal entry is open to interpretation.