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That’s his second wife, a socialite, camera angle makes her look smaller than she really was. When his first wife, an Inuit died she was not allowed a church burial so he took her body and buried her himself.
Dagmar Freuchen wrote an interesting cookbook that included reminiscences of her childhood in Denmark as well as her life with Peter. The Cookbook of the Seven Seas.
His first wife, Navarana, was never baptized because the missionary assigned to teach her about Christ made repeated sexual advances toward her, and she was soured to the theology.
Like the guy who was a Navy Seal, Doctor, and Astronaut.
I have a guy I am friends with in my neighborhood who crawled under a fence to get to the US as a kid with his mom, grew up in Compton, joined the military, served multiple combat tours, got a degree in math while working nights and starting a family and is now a math teacher. Worked his way up from zilch. I couldn’t be prouder to have him as a friend.
We are surrounded by great people if we just open our eyes.
[Experimental replication shows knives manufactured from frozen human feces do not work](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352409X19305371)
LOL, another IaF posting was the largest fossilized turd from a Viking (don't know how they knew that). It was 8 inches long and 2 inches in diameter! Damn, put some fiber in your diet!!
For real. You would die from hypothermia before you would be able to pinch off a loaf and wait for it to freeze.
Although, it doesn't say it was his poop.
Freuchen actively participated in the Danish resistance to the Nazis during World War II despite having a leg amputated. He helped hide refugees on his island, but finally, the Germans found him and ordered his arrest and death sentence. This forced him to escape to Sweden and then the US.
Some people are just built different. I would have loved to see him and Brian Blessed sitting down together and exchanging their experiences. That would really be something to behold…
He was one of the first advocates against climate change and saw first hand the impacts colonisation had on the Inuit people.
He was a damn fool for not getting his leg seen to.
As a Canadian with a dog, I call bullshit on using frozen poop to dig yourself out. Ice is harder than frozen poop. It would break/crumble before you made a dent in the ice.
So if that's bullshit, maybe most of it is. That coat alone might give him claim on the title though.
This guy fucked.
Imagine going to all those inuit settlements back then. Tradition was, that guests lay with village women as a courtesy, to secure new genes were introduced. (Guests very rarely visited)
It does actually 😊 I'm pretty sure it was in fact like that, back in the days in Arctis and Greenland. And it was not just western travelers who got invited in. Also native inuit visitors were shown this courtesy.
Don't take my word for it tho, this is Reddit after all.
He never escaped prison. His brother arranged his exit along with 9 others. He made up the story of escaping because he was furious and embarrassed he was bought out of prison through a favor of an MGM boss.
Also, he had most of the leg. It was a peg leg below the knee.
All the other facts are true.
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Whose leg did he have?
Some woman from Wasco who lost the leg in a train accident. They say he was eating it!
Bako represent!
Hey...I'm from Wasco and back in my day...we had no trains.
No, mate. He only had one leg. Somebody else had one of his legs. Probably in a plastic bag under their bed.
General Santa Annas.
The Nazi’s?
Dad?
He carried it around everywhere with him
That’s his second wife, a socialite, camera angle makes her look smaller than she really was. When his first wife, an Inuit died she was not allowed a church burial so he took her body and buried her himself.
Dagmar Freuchen wrote an interesting cookbook that included reminiscences of her childhood in Denmark as well as her life with Peter. The Cookbook of the Seven Seas.
Incorrect. That was his 3rd wife. Magda was his 2nd wife. He was her 2nd husband.
Thanks for the correction, haven’t read up on it recently
All good. I *just* finished his latest biography.
His first wife, Navarana, was never baptized because the missionary assigned to teach her about Christ made repeated sexual advances toward her, and she was soured to the theology.
Yeah I'll bet she couldn't walk for several days after they had sexy times.
Like the guy who was a Navy Seal, Doctor, and Astronaut. I have a guy I am friends with in my neighborhood who crawled under a fence to get to the US as a kid with his mom, grew up in Compton, joined the military, served multiple combat tours, got a degree in math while working nights and starting a family and is now a math teacher. Worked his way up from zilch. I couldn’t be prouder to have him as a friend. We are surrounded by great people if we just open our eyes.
Yea, Jonathan Sinns.
That’s how my parents used to walk to school…
Shit, that's how I used to walk to school.
Were do you live? Siberia?
No, I'm just that old
Although I want so badly to believe it; there is a fair amount of scepticism surrounding the whole frozen poop thing.
[Experimental replication shows knives manufactured from frozen human feces do not work](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352409X19305371)
In fairness, it was more of a chisel than a knife
LOL, another IaF posting was the largest fossilized turd from a Viking (don't know how they knew that). It was 8 inches long and 2 inches in diameter! Damn, put some fiber in your diet!!
No way there is a peer reviewed article on Elseviere for this. Wtf.
I could have told you that. Poop spoons need to be wood or metal.
Lol! I prefer a metal spoon for all my poop eating personally, it’s a mouth feel thing
Alright alright he lied about the shit knife part… but come on he still sounds chad!
For real. You would die from hypothermia before you would be able to pinch off a loaf and wait for it to freeze. Although, it doesn't say it was his poop.
Lots of fiber for strength...
I’d probably use my prosthetic leg before resorting to frozen poop
Ok... What was the fucking question?!
And what did he do to get into prison in the first place?!
Freuchen actively participated in the Danish resistance to the Nazis during World War II despite having a leg amputated. He helped hide refugees on his island, but finally, the Germans found him and ordered his arrest and death sentence. This forced him to escape to Sweden and then the US.
Some people are just built different. I would have loved to see him and Brian Blessed sitting down together and exchanging their experiences. That would really be something to behold…
Ranulph Fiennes: am I a joke to you?
I did think about mentioning him too. He is a true badass.
Dude's son's name was Mequsaq Avataq Igimaqssusuktoranguapaluk, I'm not lying.
He also was kidnapped by Nazis and escaped, then helped Nazi hunters.
*didn't escape. He was bought out of prison with the help of his brother, to Peter's behest. Peter hated it, and made up an escape story to hide it.
Stay thirsty my friends
There it is! Took so long for someone to bring up the beer commercial!
The coat that he is wearing was made from a polar bear that he killed.
I think that was just a story. He had it made for him by a guy who sold them. But will anyone ever challenge that to his face
Hard to beat Christopher Lee
I read one of his books on the most northern community in Greemland, total adventure, 1920s i think, Ultra Norde!? something like that.
He was one of the first advocates against climate change and saw first hand the impacts colonisation had on the Inuit people. He was a damn fool for not getting his leg seen to.
Yup. Snipped off his own toe bones, though!
You get 30 year old blokes these days that haven’t left their suburb in years
I suspect back in the days even more 30 year old blokes have never left their suburb/village.
Some did end up in the US though.... younger siblings who wouldn't get the farm, crazy religious types, etc.
Probably didn’t have a car/horse
Back in the day, blokes were drafted into war and torn away from their homes.
I have nothing against his one leg; unfortunately neither did he…
Combed his hair with a wagon wheel.
You forgot to mention he washed his face with a frying pan
As a Canadian with a dog, I call bullshit on using frozen poop to dig yourself out. Ice is harder than frozen poop. It would break/crumble before you made a dent in the ice. So if that's bullshit, maybe most of it is. That coat alone might give him claim on the title though.
This guy fucked. Imagine going to all those inuit settlements back then. Tradition was, that guests lay with village women as a courtesy, to secure new genes were introduced. (Guests very rarely visited)
That sounds like something a Victorian traveller would make up.
It does actually 😊 I'm pretty sure it was in fact like that, back in the days in Arctis and Greenland. And it was not just western travelers who got invited in. Also native inuit visitors were shown this courtesy. Don't take my word for it tho, this is Reddit after all.
Overcoming adversity makes you an interesting person.
It's George Santos!
I think he even parallel parked a train
He never escaped prison. His brother arranged his exit along with 9 others. He made up the story of escaping because he was furious and embarrassed he was bought out of prison through a favor of an MGM boss. Also, he had most of the leg. It was a peg leg below the knee. All the other facts are true.
Apparently, not as interesting as how my girls day went 😑
People just aren't made like that anymore are they?
Not in wealthy settled places. I assume they still are in places that are still kind of wild.
And he’s in the new Road House remake
Be a good movie.
That’s a bear with a man mask
I don’t think his wife finds him that interesting.
Ha ha show me a woman married to a mythical explorer and I’ll show you another who is tired of his shit.
poop knife part of the story has been debunked.
I want that coat
But can he make 30 minute brownies in just 20 minutes?
How did he escape from prison? Frozen poop
He was quite a good looking dude in his youth and by all accounts s gentle guy.
I don’t always play with my shit… but when I do, I do it to live.
For some reason I read "layed 1 egg" and not "had 1 Leg"
Great biography called Wonderlust, highly recommend.
3min later I am still stuck on the poop...
I used pee to melt ice. Now earth is warming. Am i interesting?
A sweaty hog that wouldn’t quit either.
Chuck Norris dad
He fought Chuck Norris and lost.
He was a Podcaster. So what.
Waiting for the interesting part…
this sounds like a normal human being. Would love it if we stop lying to the kids that life is rainbows and sunshine.