The CRUX: True Survival Stories

He Woke Up Naked Beside a Polar Bear

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Danish explorer Peter Freuchen and his family huddled in a Greenland cave to escape a brutal blizzard in the eatly 1900's. The temperature was thirty degrees below zero. They weren't alone—a polar bear had also sought shelter from the storm. What happened next, according to Freuchen's own account, reveals a moment of pure survival. But the real survival story—the one that actually kept them alive—is nothing like what made Freuchen famous.

00:34 Podcast Intro Setup
02:06 Meet Peter Freuchen
02:27 Copenhagen To Greenland
04:47 Building Thule Trading Post
05:25 Navarana Survival Skills
07:43 Family Expedition Begins
09:34 Blizzard And Cave Shelter
11:28 Polar Bear In The Cave
14:34 Chaos Dogs And Gunshot
16:23 Aftermath And Legend
17:09 Poop Chisel MacGyver Tale
20:37 Navarana Credit And Loss
21:29 Freuchen Later Life Outro

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REFERENCES 
  1. Freuchen, Peter. Vagrant Viking (1953)
  2. Freuchen, Peter. Arctic Adventure: My Life in the Frozen North (1935)
  3. Freuchen, Peter. Book of the Eskimos (1961)
  4. Freuchen, Peter. I Sailed with Rasmussen (1958)
  5. Wikipedia: Peter Freuchen
  6. Kottke.org: Peter Freuchen Profile
  7. MeatEater Conservation: "Did Explorer Peter Freuchen Save His Life with a Poop Chisel?"
  8. Whether Magazine: "A Frozen Foot and a Fecal Chisel: Life and Times of Peter Freuchen"
  9. Badass of the Week: Peter Freuchen
  10. Arctic Relations: "Peter Freuchen—The Colonial Adventurer"
  11. Field Ethos: "Shit Gets Real in the Arctic: Peter Freuchen"
  12. Nunatsiaq News: "Peter Freuchen's Escape from Death"
  13. The Vintage News: "Peter Freuchen: A Danish Explorer"
  14. Natural Habitat Adventures: "Meet the Intrepid Women Who Inspired Our Expedition Camps"
  15. AnOther Magazine: "The Remarkable Life of Peter Freuchen"

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