Erindringer

by Peter Freuchen

"Memories"

Hans beretning om sit Livs Eventyr spænder fra Nakskov til Grønlands ukendte Egne og fra Højluftssal i gamle Herregaarde til usle Hytter på Grønlands nordvestlige Kyst og man møder i hans Beretning et væld af mennesker, lige fra Konger og Minstre til hedenske Eskimoer. Man må i høj Grad beundre hans Hukommelse, da han fra sine tidligste drengeaar i Nakskov kan gengive Samtaler om smaat og stort. En herlig evne at have for en mand, der skriver en erindringsbog, dog måske ikke lige velset af dem - eller deres efterlevende slægt - Der rammes af snert eller besk humor.
Beskrivelsen af det hedenske Thulefolk er festlig og en lovsang over disse menneskers primitive levevis. Freuchen vilde blive som en af dem er bare en saare villig lærling.

"Erindringer" er en samlet gennemset og revideret udgave ved Dagmar Freuchen og Iver Gudme af de to erindringsbøger "i alt frimodighed" (1954) og "fremdeles frimodig" (1955)

396 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Published January 1, 1963

About the author

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 Magnificent starring Ray Mala. In 1956, he won $64,000 on The $64,000 Question, an American TV quiz-show on the subject "The Seven Seas".

During World War II, Freuchen was actively involved with the Danish resistance movement against the Germans, despite having lost a leg to frost bite in 1926. He was imprisoned for a time by the Germans.