Journal in Greenland

Hans Saabye Egede
Introduction by Aqqaluk Lynge

320 pages, 4.25 x 5”
Paper, $19.95   ISBN 978-0-9821703-0-4

Hans Saabye Egede’s remarkable 1770-1778 journals were first published in 1818 when the British launched their great nineteenth-century Arctic explorations, a time when such information was in enormous demand. The coast of eastern Greenland had been virtually inaccessible to Europeans for four centuries. Egede’s fascinating writings relate his determined quest for remnants of old settlements, thoughts about how the Inuit were affected by contact with outsiders, and keen observations about the Greenlandic Inuit on subjects as varied as polygamy, witchcraft, health, and education. He also includes previously little-known information about the geography of the island’s eastern territories. After years of being out of  print,  Egede’s  colorful  accounts are once again available to English-speaking  readers in this  wonderful and timely new series.

Hans Saabye Egedewas the grandson of the Norwegian Lutheran missionary Hans Poulsen Egede (1686–1758),“the  apostle of  Greenland.”