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The Remarkable Life of Peter Freuchen

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Peter Freuchen and Dagmar Cohn by Irving Penn (1947)
Peter Freuchen and Dagmar Cohn by Irving Penn (1947)

Who? In a portrait by Irving Penn, Peter Freuchen wears a vast coat, made from the fur of a polar bear, which only serves to emphasise his not undaunting 6'7" frame. Freuchen stands beside his third wife, Dagmar Cohn, whom he married in 1945. But the beguiling portrait only hints at the surprising life of Peter Freuchen – a deeper look reveals his staggering biography.

What? Freuchen was a Danish arctic explorer, anth...

Peter Freuchen and his first wife, Navarana MequpalukPeter Freuchen and Navarana MequpalukPeter Freuchen with Navarana Mequpaluk and their childrenPeter Freuchen with an expedition teamPeter Freuchen with fellow explorer Knud RasmussenPeter Freuchen with his childrenPeter Freuchen with Dagmar CohnDagmar Cohn's April 1947 cover of British VogueA portrait of Peter FreuchenPeter Freuchen and Dagmar Cohn by Irving Penn (1947)

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