Peter Freuchen

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Peter Freuchen was a Danish explorer, author, and anthropologist renowned for his Arctic expeditions and vivid writings about Inuit culture and polar survival.

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instanceOf anthropologist
author
explorer
human
journalist
resistance fighter
screenwriter
awardReceived The $64,000 Question prize (television quiz show) NERFINISHED
birthName Lorenz Peter Elfred Freuchen NERFINISHED
causeOfDeath heart attack
coFounderOf Thule trading station in Greenland NERFINISHED
collaboratedWith Knud Rasmussen NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship Denmark
dateOfBirth 1886-02-02
dateOfDeath 1957-09-02
educatedAt University of Copenhagen NERFINISHED
ethnicGroup Danish people
fieldOfWork Arctic studies
anthropology
ethnography
gender male
knownFor Arctic exploration
Thule expeditions NERFINISHED
polar survival accounts
writings on Inuit culture
languageOfWorkOrName Danish
English
memberOf Danish resistance movement NERFINISHED
name Peter Freuchen NERFINISHED
notableFeature wooden prosthetic leg
notableWork Arctic Adventure NERFINISHED
Book of the Eskimos NERFINISHED
Peter Freuchen’s Book of the Seven Seas NERFINISHED
Vagrant Viking NERFINISHED
occupation anthropologist
explorer
journalist
screenwriter
writer
participantIn World War II resistance in Denmark NERFINISHED
placeOfBirth Nykøbing Falster, Denmark NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Anchorage, Alaska, United States NERFINISHED
residence Denmark NERFINISHED
Greenland NERFINISHED
United States of America
surface form: United States
spouse Dagmar Cohn NERFINISHED
Magdalene Vang Lauridsen NERFINISHED
Navarana Mequpaluk NERFINISHED
subjectOf photograph with giant fur coat and ice axe by Irving Penn
workedOn Thule expeditions to Greenland NERFINISHED

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Thule area exploredBy Peter Freuchen