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    Arctic Adventure: My Life in the Frozen North
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    Arctic Adventure: My Life in the Frozen North

    By Peter Freuchen

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    Originally published in 1956, this book is a memoir by Danish explorer Peter Freuchen, a close friend and travel companion of Arctic legend Knud Rasmussen, and ended up living in Greenland for fifteen years, 800 miles from the North Pole—adopting the native ways of life, marrying an Inuit woman, and having two children along the way.

    Arctic Adventure is filled with tales of seal and polar bear hunts, enduring starvation, encountering people who had resorted to cannibalism, and the stirring experience of seeing the sun again after three months of winter darkness.

    Rich in human saga, Freuchen’s warmth, wit, and literary talent make this recollection of real-life adventure stories a stand-out.

    “Except for Richard E. Byrd, and despite his foreign beginnings, Freuchen was perhaps better known to more people in the United States than any other explorer of our time.”—Evelyn Stefansson, The New York Times

    “[A] formidable and fascinating man”—Harriet Baker, AnOther

    Richly illustrated throughout with maps and black-and-white photographs.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherGolden Springs Publishing
    Release dateNov 11, 2016
    ISBN9781787202528
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    Arctic Adventure: My Life in the Frozen North
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    Peter Freuchen

    Peter Freuchen (born Lorenz Peter Elfred Freuchen, February 2, 1886 - September 2, 1957) was a Danish explorer, author, journalist and anthropologist. He is notable for his role in Arctic exploration, especially the Thule Expeditions. Born in Nykøbing Falster, Denmark, Freuchen spent many years in Thule, Greenland, living with the Polar Inuit. He worked with Knud Rasmussen, crossing the Greenland icecap with him. In 1910, they established the Thule Trading Station at Cape York (Uummannaq), Greenland, which became the home base for a series of seven expeditions between 1912-1933, known as the Thule Expeditions. They also held a series of lectures about their expeditions and the Inuit culture during this time. Freuchen returned to Denmark in the 1920s and joined the Social Democrats, contributing articles in the newspaper Politiken. From 1926-1932 he served as the editor-in-chief of Ude og Hjemme magazine. He returned to Greenland in 1932 for an expedition financed by the American Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film-studios, concurrently serving as a consultant and scriptwriter, specializing in Arctic-related scripts—most notably MGM’s Oscar-winning Eskimo/Mala The Magnificent (1933), which starred Ray Mala and featured Freuchen as the Ship Captain. He founded The Adventurer’s Club (Eventyrernes Klub in Danish) in 1938. During World War II, Freuchen was actively involved with the Danish resistance movement against the Germans, despite having lost a leg to frostbite in 1926. He was imprisoned by the Germans and sentenced to death, but managed to escape and flee to Sweden. Freuchen was awarded the Gold Medal of the International Benjamin Franklin Society for his service to mankind in opening new frontiers, and was the recipient of three Danish literary prizes: the Sophus Michaëlis’ Legat (1938), Herman Bangs Mindelegat (1954) and Kaptajn H.C. Lundgreens Legat (1955). He died in 1957 at the age of 71.

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      He spent years living with Eskimos & gives a first hand account of his adventures. Some of them are quite memorable since our technology was quite new to many of them. Others tell us about the remarkable hardships & resilience of humans. Some customs & events had me laughing to hard to read further for minutes at a time. A truly wonderful book.If you like it, check out his second wife's book, Adventures in the Artic. Basically the same tale, but told by her. She wasn't there, but she knew him & heard his stories. There are some additional stories & details that add a lot of depth to this entire adventure.