In 1912, Alfred Wegener proposed, in a widely debated theory that came to be called continental drift, that Earth's continents were mobile.
1912年，阿尔弗雷德·魏格纳在一个被称为“大陆漂移”的理论中提出，地球上的大陆是可移动的。
The voyage, a joint venture by India’s National Institute of Oceanography and the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research in Germany, was controversial from the start.
这次考察由印度国家海洋地理研究所和德国的阿尔弗雷德韦格纳极地和海洋研究所组成，从备受争议中开始了（这项实验）。
Currently, Arctic coastlines are eroding by about 3 to 6 feet (1 to 2 meters) each year, according to the Alfred Wegener Institute.
目前，北极海岸线每年会被侵蚀掉约3至6英尺(1到2米)，据阿尔弗雷德·韦格纳研究所。
Later,Alfred Wegener said the continents had once been part of a huge area of land he called Pangaea.
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Alfred Wegener said the mountains and fossils were evidence that all the land on Earth was united at some time in the distant past.
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Support for Alfred Wegener's ideas did not come until the early nineteen-fifties.
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