Lauge Koch (1892-1964)

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Author: Müller, Fritz
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1964
• Subjects: Koch; Lauge; 1892-1964; Arctic; Cairn; Canada; Catalina; Greenland; Kap; Kap Morris; Kap Morris Jesup; Peary; Peary Land; Rasmussen; East Greenland; eskimo*; Grønland; Kap Morris jesup; North Greenland; Spitzbergen; Thule
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/66565

Lauge Koch, renowned leader of 24 Danish government expeditions to Greenland spanning almost half a century, was born July 5, 1892 and died June 5, 1964 in Copenhagen. He gained his Mag. Scient. (cartography) in 1920 from the University of Copenhagen and his Ph.D. in geology in 1929. Dr. Koch's...