Danish Arctic Explorer, Adventurer, Writer and Traveler - Peter Freuchen (1886 - 1957).......

I have experienced the arctic tundra and the arctic during months of winter darkness as well as in the alps in Europe for survival in the cold during my traveling years, but far from living the life of;

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Peter Freuchen - An Arctic Adventurer and Explorer - He took part in the Danish Expedition to North East Greenland 1906 to 1908, and then several expeditions from 1910 to 1924, often with the famous Polar explorer Knud Rasmussen. Freuchen lived with the Inuits in Thule, Greenland. He established with Knud Rasmussen the exploring station in Thule (1910).

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Peter with his wife Dagmar Freuchen-Gale in 1947

Dagmar Freuchen-Gale, was an artist and illustrator for magazines as Vogue and Harper's Bazaar

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Fifteen years of maritime adventures - He hunted seal, walrus, and polar bear on the coast. He took part of hunting on whaling ships and took their culture to heart. For months he lived under winter darkness without seeing the sun. - a remarkable life - an Arctic legend. He served as a governor of the Danish colony at Thule in 1913-20. Further, he wrote 4 books about his arctic memories.

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He founded The Adventurer's Club in Denmark - 1938.

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His last written book - 1957.

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In 1957 Freuchen died of a heart attack in Elmendorf, Alaska - His ashes were spread over the Dundas Mountains in Greenland.