lorenz peter alfred freuchen was born on february NUMBER_TOKENth NUMBER_TOKEN in the city of naikabing foster in denmark one of seven children of lorenz benzen freuchen and anne patrine rasmussen according to his own admission in his memoirs vagrant viking our main source of information today freuken was a very ugly baby it said that in the first few years the biggest compliment he ever received was being called a funny little thing and that his mother would always take the family dog a big yellow angry mart on walks with baby peter so that people would be afraid to approach and look inside the stroller that being said young peter was very devoted to his parents and vice versa and is said that they were both excellent storytellers it was from his mother that freuken got his first taste of adventure as she often regaled him and her siblings with stories of her own father who had been a sailor with a life full of exciting exploits including taking part in revolutions in south america another important influence on his life was his uncle kristin who it used to be a gold prospector in australia and would tell stories of his adventures whenever the family visited as a child peter developed an interest in science he liked to conduct experiments that more often than not led to minor property damage or mild physical harm his natural curiosity persuaded him to pursue higher learning so frauken enrolled at the university of copenhagen to study medical science after graduating from high school however it did not take long for peter to discover that the medical career was not for him the other students were smarter than him more eloquent better mannered and better dressed he started to fit him better when he joined an acting group that staged a series of comedies one of them was about a danish explorer named ludwig milius ericsson and hearing about his exploits piqued fricken's interest eventually he met this man who was supportive of the idea of freuken following in his footsteps that became the med student's new ambition a life of adventure exploring the unknown reaches of the planet before doing that however froyken realized that it would be a good idea for him to finish his studies which he did graduating with a phc or candidate in philosophy a master's level degree awarded in scandinavia with the studies out of the way eriksen agreed to take peter on his next expedition which was intended to explore and chart the last remaining unknown parts of greenland on its north eastern coastline however froiken soon discovered a common problem that plagued almost every explorer money ericsson was having trouble securing the funding necessary for his expedition eventually king christian the NUMBER_TOKENth of denmark agreed to cover half of the costs but the other half needed to come from private benefactors bilius eriksen found one incredibly puritanical businessman willing to give him the money but he confronted the explorer after hearing a scandalous rumor that during the summer eriksen had the goal to go to the beach and bathe in the company of a woman clearly the explorer was nothing but a scoundrel and a corrupter of public morals so the
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