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Who was Alfred Wegner and what was his claim about continental drift?

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Alfred Wegner is a German weather scientist. His claim about the continental drift was that the continents were moving. He had 4 evidence to support his claim

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Wegener was a German meteorologist, geophysicist and polar researcher. In 1915 he published 'The Origin of Continents and Oceans', which outlined his theory of Continental Drift. Wegener was a member of four expeditions to Greenland.

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