Remembrance: "Things Are Not Like They Used to Be When You Were Young. Do You Remember the House You Built in Thule, Pita? The First House Ever Built Here." "See What the Children Are Doing, and Tell Them Not to."
I"Teachers Were the Natural Victims of My Early Hunting Instincts."
II"No Matter How I Achieved It, the Degree Bolstered My Morale."
III"What the Devil Have You Been Doing and Who Gave You Permission to Spend the Night Ashore?"
IV"Twenty Years Old, I Was Going to Spend a Winter in the Arctic."
V"The First Man Died on November Fifteenth, Mylius-Erichsen Ten Days Later and, Finally, Bronlund"
VI"I Met and Became Closely Attached to the Man Who Came to Mean More to Me Than Any Other Man in My Whole Life-Knud Rasmussen."
VII"I Suggested Thule, from the Expression Ultima
Thule, Which Means, of Course, North of Everywhere and Everybody."
VIII"According to Eskimo Custom We Remained on Our Sleds with Our Backs Toward Shore-a Sign That Someone Had Died and That Our Trip Had Ended in Tragedy."
IX"During These Months My Eskimo Friends Seemed to Be Concerned About My Status as a Single Man."
X"Once in Thule, We Made Ready at Once to Set Out on One of the Strangest Expeditions Ever Undertaken in the Arctic."
XI"Are You Peter Freuchen? Oh, Thank Goodness, We Are Saved at Last."
XII"The Beginning of a Terrible Winter, the Worst, the Longest, the Hungriest Winter I Have Ever Spent in Greenland."
XIII"One Is Given Cause for Surprise That One Single Man Has Been Placed Here to Think and Plan for All of His Subjects, When He Has No More Sense Than to Ask for an Opinion to Be Formed After One Day!"
XIV"I Was Trapped. The Hole Was Too Small to Let Me Through; My Beard, Frozen to the Runners of the Sled, Would Not Let Me Retire Into My Grave Again." Hudson
XV"I Felt the Old Man with the Scythe Coming Closer, and Sometimes We Seemed to Have Switched Roles."
XVI"Everybody Had Heard That My Body Had Been Washed Ashore Somewhere in the Arctic."
XVII"I Did Not Manage to Leave Russia without Getting Arrested."
XVIII"Heavens, No! We'll Just Show Him the Same Thing Tomorrow, That's the Way
XIX"Help!" She Screamed. "Help! Freuchen Is Attacking Me!"
XX"Hitler's Jealousy Was None of My Business, and if the Newspapers Wanted a Picture They Had to Choose Between Me or the Nazi."
XXI"I Confessed at Once, Explaining How the Human Heads Had Come into My Possession and Swearing I Had Played No Part in the Victims' Beheading."
XXII"I Could Never Keep Out of Causes. One That Claimed My Interest Was a Campaign to Stop the Cruel Treatment of Geese."
XXIII"Admiral Beguitcheff Looked at Me with a Superior Smile. 'The Soviet Way!' He Said."
XXIV"The Wave Receded, the Barce Sank Once More, and We Stared at the Monstrous Sight: He Was Still Clinging to the Ladder, But the Lower Part of the Body Was Not There."
XXV"With My One Leg I Could Not Join the Forces But There Were Other Ways of Fighting the Enemy."
XXVI"I Was Cross-Examined for Hours, I Was Beaten, Slapped Across the Face with Wet Towels, and My Artificial Leg Was Taken Away."
XXVIII "Then One Day I Had to Interrupt My Work at THE U.N. FOR AN ENTERPRISE OF QUITE DIFFERENT SCOPE-A Beauty Contest to Elect Miss Universe."
Epilogue "'Yes, Life Is a Journey,' As My Wise Friend Odark Told Me. 'We Are Being Punished Because We Have Stayed Too Long in One Place, Pita. Life Is a Journey without End.'
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