Jørgen Brønlund
Jørgen Brønlund (14 December 1877 – November 1907[1]) was a Greenlandic polar explorer,[2] educator, and catechist.[3] He participated in two Danish expeditions to Greenland in the early 20th century.
Early years
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Career
Along with Rasmussen, Harald Moltke, and Ludvig Mylius-Erichsen, Brønlund was a member of the 1902-1903 Danish Literary Greenland Expedition.[6] At its conclusion, Brønlund went to Denmark. Here, he studied drawing with Kristian Zahrtmann and taught in Askov at Denmark's largest folk high school.
An expert interpreter, one of Brønlund's responsibilities during the 1906
The last entry of his diary reads as follows:
I perished in 77° N lat., under the hardships of the return journey over the inland ice in November. I reached this place under a waning moon, and cannot go on, because of my frozen feet and the darkness. The bodies of the others are in the middle of the fjord. Hagen died on November 15, Mylius-Erichsen some ten days later.[11]
Legacy
The 172-page diary is archived at the Royal Danish Library.[12] A memorial stone erected in Copenhagen's harbor quotes the diary's last lines.[5]
Jørgen Brønlund Fjord in Peary Land is named in his honor.[13] The one hundred year anniversary of his birth was commemorated by the issue of a Greenlandic postal stamp.[14]
Also by a medallion of G (Eugene L. Daub), Sculptor, Pennsylvania:
References
- ISBN 0-226-53179-1.
- ISBN 978-1-84545-290-2.
- ISBN 9780790570716.
- ^ Danish biographical dictionary, Volume 3 (1979), p. 38
- ^ a b "Jørgen Brønlund". gravsted.dk. Retrieved 5 October 2010.
- ISBN 978-82-8235-003-7.
- ^ "The Ilulissat Ice Fjord". kulturarv.dk. Retrieved 5 October 2010.
- ^ Greely, Adolphus Washington (1912). True tales of Arctic heroism in the New world. C. Scribner's sons. p. 364.
- ^ Royal Scottish Geographical Society (1908). Scottish geographical magazine. Vol. 24. p. 548.
- ^ Place names, NE Greenland
- ^ Spencer Apollonio, Lands That Hold One Spellbound: A Story of East Greenland, 2008 pp. 117
- ^ "Jørgen Brønlund: Dagbog 1907" (in Danish). Det Kongelige Bibliotek. Retrieved 5 October 2010.
- ISBN 87-635-1159-2.
- ^ "GREENLAND stamp 1977 Jørgen Brønlund". Retrieved 5 October 2010.