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Peter Freuchen


Born
in Nykøbing Falster, Denmark
February 02, 1886

Died
September 02, 1957

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Peter Freuchen, born Lorenz Peter Elfred Freuchen was a Danish explorer, writer and traveler.

He spent many years in Thule, Greenland, living with the Polar Inuit. He worked with Knud Rasmussen, crossing the Greenland icecap with him. In 1935, Freuchen visited South Africa, and by the end of the decade, he had travelled to Siberia.

In 1938 he founded The Adventurer's Club (Eventyrernes Klub in Danish), which still exists. They later honoured his memory by planting an oak tree and creating an Eskimo cairn near the place, where he left Denmark for Greenland back in 1906.

He was also employed by the movie industry as a consultant and scriptwriter, specializing in Arctic-related scripts. Most notably MGM's Oscar winning Eskimo/Mala The Magnificen
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Min grønlandske Ungdom

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Ice Floes and Flaming Water

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Storfanger

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“The Greenland fjords are peculiar for the spells of completely quiet weather, when there is not enough wind to blow out a match and the water is like a sheet of glass. The kayak hunter must sit in his boat without stirring a finger so as not to scare the shy seals away. Actually, he can only move his eyes, as even the slightest move otherwise might mean game lost. The sun, low in the sky, sends a glare into his eyes, and the landscape around moves into the realm of the unreal. The reflex from the mirror-like water hypnotizes him, he seems to be unable to move, and all of a sudden it is as if he were floating in a bottomless void, sinking, sinking, and sinking.... Horror-stricken, he tries to stir, to cry out, but he cannot, he is completely paralyzed, he just falls and falls.”
Peter Freuchen, Book of the Eskimos

“Si apoi, în sfârșit am dat de zăpadă și am văzut urmele celorlalți. Puteam să stau pe sanie și să mă odihnesc. Am rămas așa cu ochii închiși și i-am lăsat pe câini să-și bată capul cu drumul. Deodată, s-au grăbit înainte și s-au oprit și au început să mârâie unii la alții. Am deschis ochii și am descoperit ca mâncau ceva! Trebuie să fi fost carnea de bou moscat lăsată pentru mine! Am sărit de pe sanie și m-am aruncat în grămada de câini, luptându-mă ca un animal sălbatic pentru partea mea. Am apucat un os care încă mai avea carne pe el și am fugit înapoi la sanie. Am stat acolo o vreme și am tot mușcat din el ca dintr-un măr. M-am gândit că e piciorul din spate al boului, așa de moale și delicios era. Simțeam mirosul de carne de vită crudă și am tot mâncat cu ochii închiși, până am ajuns la un punct de picior care se simțea ciudat. Am deschis ochii și am descoperit că unghiile de pe piciorul unui câine îmi zgâriau fața.
Înhățasem un picior de câine, unul dintre cei pe care Knud fusese nevoit să-i omoare. Când am ajuns la locul în care își puseseră băieții cortul și le-am povestit ce pățisem, s-au zguduit de râs. Mai târziu, episodul a fost relatat de eschimoși ca cel mai comic lucru pe care-l auziseră vreodată. Povestea a ajuns în Groenlanda sudică înaintea mea.”
Peter Freuchen, Arctic Adventure: My Life in the Frozen North

“They now advised me to stay at home, take a job and behave myself. Which meant to me, stay at home and be dull and never do a thing you have not seen thousands of others do in the exact same way.”
Peter Freuchen, Arctic Adventure: My Life in the Frozen North

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