Peter Freuchen

🎂 2nd February 1886 (140 yrs) 📍 Nykøbing Falster, Denmark

Known For

Eskimo

Biography

Lorenz Peter Elfred Freuchen (20 February 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.

Movies Featuring Peter Freuchen

Son of the Midnight Sun

Son of the Midnight Sun (1939)

as Heikkula
Eskimo

Eskimo (1933)

as Captain (uncredited)