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Ludvig Mylius-Erichsen. Ludvig Mylius-Erichsen (15 January 1872 – 25 November 1907) was a Danish author, ethnologist, and explorer, from Ringkøbing. He was most notably an explorer of Greenland.
Ludwig Mylius-Erichsen was a Danish journalist and explorer who led two productive expeditions to Greenland. The explorer’s first expedition (1902–04) yielded information on the languages and customs of the polar Eskimos.
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Ludvig Mylius-Erichsen (15. januar 1872 i Viborg – ca. 25. november 1907 i Grønland) var en dansk polarforsker og forfatter. Han kaldes som oftest blot Mylius-Erichsen. Han var leder af Danmark-ekspeditionen (1906-1908) og døde under ekspeditionen sammen med Jørgen Brønlund og Niels Peter Høeg Hagen.
Ludvig Mylius-Erichsen, né le 15 janvier 1872 à Viborg au Danemark et mort le 25 novembre 1907 (à 35 ans) au Groenland, est un explorateur et ethnologue danois qui participa à deux expéditions d'exploration du Groenland.
The two-year expedition was conceived and led by Ludvig Mylius-Erichsen, who had previously led the 'Literary Expedition' to Northwest Greenland together with Knud Rasmussen in 1902–1904.
Jan 23, 2017 · The grim fate of explorer Ludvig Mylius-Erichsen in northeast Greenland remains one of the great mysteries of this country’s history
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1906–1908. The “Danmark” vessel and former accommodation of the Danmark-Expedition destroyed by ice. Photograph by Achton Friis, 1906–1908. The goal of the Danish Danmark Expedition led by Ludvig Mylius-Erichsen (1872–1907) was to map a then-unknown section of the coast of northeast Greenland.