- Hans Hendrik
Hans Hendrik, native name Suersaq ("c." 1834 –
11 August 1889 ), was aGreenland ic Arctic traveller and interpreter.He worked on the American and British Arctic expeditions of
Elisha Kent Kane ,Charles Francis Hall ,Isaac Israel Hayes andGeorge Strong Nares , from 1853–1876.He is the first
Inuk to publish an account of his Arctic explorations.Hans Island is named after him.References
* "Memoirs of Hans Hendrik, the Arctic traveller, serving under Kane, Hayes, Hall and Nares, 1853–1876, by himself" — translated by
Henry Rink , Trübner & Co, London, 1878.External links
* [http://www.biographi.ca/009004-119.01-e.php?&id_nbr=5564 Biography at the "Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online"]
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