# Peter Freuchen"s Book of the Seven Seas

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**Category:** Maritime History\
**Created:** [November 7, 2021, 12:52pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/peter-freuchen-s-book-of-the-seven-seas/61292 "2021-11-07T12:52:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![Kennebec\_Captain](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/kennebec_captain/32/13_2.png) [@Kennebec\_Captain](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Kennebec_Captain)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2021, 12:52pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/peter-freuchen-s-book-of-the-seven-seas/61292/1 "2021-11-07T12:52:21Z")

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Came across this book by happenstance. Here’s the cover:

 ![IMG_20211107_073242095 (5)](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/gcaptain_maritime_forum/original/3X/5/3/53a2bf20f1eab58a92f98735494150e068fe2c5e.jpeg)

[Freuchen has a remarkable story.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Freuchen)

> In 1906, he went on his first expedition to Greenland as a member of the [Denmark expedition](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denmark_expedition). Between 1910 and 1924, he undertook several expeditions, often with the noted Polar explorer [Knud Rasmussen](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knud_Rasmussen). He worked with Rasmussen in crossing the [Greenland ice sheet](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenland_ice_sheet).

> He was also employed by the [film industry](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Film_industry) as a consultant and scriptwriter, specializing in [Arctic](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arctic)-related scripts, most notably MGM’s [Oscar](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_Award)-winning _[Eskimo/Mala The Magnificent](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eskimo_(film))_ starring [Ray Mala](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Mala), and featuring Freuchen as Ship Captain. In 1956, he won $64,000 on _[The $64,000 Question](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_$64,000_Question)_ , an American TV quiz-show on the subject “The Seven Seas”.[[3]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Freuchen#cite_note-Vagrant-3)

> During [World War II](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II), Freuchen was actively involved with the [Danish resistance movement](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danish_resistance_movement) against the occupation by [Nazi Germany](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazi_Germany) despite having lost a leg to [frostbite](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frostbite) in 1926.[[17]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Freuchen#cite_note-Seven-17) He openly claimed to be [Jewish](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish) whenever he witnessed anti-semitism.[[18]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Freuchen#cite_note-18)[[19]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Freuchen#cite_note-19) Freuchen was imprisoned by the Germans, and was sentenced to death, but he managed to escape and flee to Sweden.

[https://www.badassoftheweek.com/freuchen](https://www.badassoftheweek.com/freuchen)

![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/gcaptain_maritime_forum/original/3X/3/8/38eff636e71bea5ac4f9024cc2dd9f94fe1c130b.jpeg)

_Freuchen with his third wife.  
His coat is made from the fur of a polar bear that he killed himself._

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**Author:** ![Kennebec\_Captain](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/kennebec_captain/32/13_2.png) [@Kennebec\_Captain](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Kennebec_Captain)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2021, 11:13am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/peter-freuchen-s-book-of-the-seven-seas/61292/2 "2021-11-09T11:13:05Z")

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From Chapter 19: “Steam”

 ![IMG_20211109_060922234 (2)](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/gcaptain_maritime_forum/original/3X/d/7/d7dd23be09d4591873e1cf33f80e4d45e8e587d7.jpeg)