Peter Freuchen
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Lorenz Peter Elfred Freuchen was a Danish explorer, author, journalist and anthropologist. He is notable for his role in Arctic exploration, namely the Thule Expeditions.
Peter Freuchen with guests at Enehøje on Nakskov Fjord
Peter Freuchen with his wife Dagmar Cohn
Commemorative plaque on Freuchen's birthplace in Nykøbing Falster
Knud Rasmussen
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Knud Johan Victor Rasmussen was a Greenlandic-Danish polar explorer and anthropologist. He has been called the "father of Eskimology" and was the first European to cross the Northwest Passage via dog
Peter Freuchen
…1886 – 2 September 1957) was a Danish explorer, author, journalist and anthropologist. He is notable for his role in Arctic exploration, namely the Thule Expeditions. Freuchen was born in Nykøbing Falster, Denmark, the son of Anne Petrine Frederikke (née Rasmussen; 1862–1945) and Lorentz Benzon Freuchen (1859–1927…
Knud Rasmussen
Rasmussen family house in Ilulissat
Rasmussen, Mrs. Arnarulunnguaq and Mr. Meetek, 1924
Knud Rasmussen receives Charley P. Darby's gold medal from US ambassador John Dyneley Prince.