Ludvig Mylius-Erichsen, Peter Høeg Hagen, Jørgen Brønlund Memorial - Copenhagen, Denmark - Citizen Memorials on Waymarking.com

The memorial depicts a scene from the ill-fated 1907 Denmark Expedition to northeast Greenland which resulted in the deaths of explorers Ludvig Mylius-Erichsen, Peter Høeg Hagen, and Jørgen Brønlund. An 11' by 13' by 6', 40 ton granite boulder has a relief of Ludvig Mylius-Erichsen, Peter Høeg Hagen, and Jørgen Brønlund struggling to push a loaded dogsled across the ice, which apparently is too heavy for the single dog to pull. The sculpture was created by Kai Nielsen and erected in 1912.

The back of the boulder contains the inscription:

MINDESTEN
FOR MYLIUS ERICHSEN
BRØNDLUND OG HØEG HAGEN
DER SATTE LIVET TIL PAA DAN-
MARK-EXPEDITIONEN I AARET 1907
AF JØRGEN BRØNDLUNDS DAGBOG:
OMKOM 79 FIORDEN EFTER FORSØG
HJEMREJSE OVER INDLANDSISEN I
NOVEMBER MAANED JEG KOMMER
HERTIL l AFTAGENDE MAANESKIN OG
KUNDE IKKE VIDERE AF FORFROS
NINGER I FØDDERNE OG AF MØRKET
ANDRES LIG FINDES MIDT I FJORDEN
FORAN BRÆ (OMTRENT 2½ MIL.)
HAGEN DØDE 15 NOVEMBER
OG MYLIUS OMTRENT
10 DAGE EFTER


REIST
1912

KAI NIELSEN
1882-1924


MEMORIAL STONE
TO MYLIUS ERICHSEN
BRØNDLUND AND HØEG HAGEN
WHO LOST THEIR LIVES ON THE DEN-
MARK EXPEDITION IN THE YEAR 1907
FROM JØRGEN BRØNDLUNDØS DIARY:
PASSED 79 FJORD AFTER ATTEMPT
JOURNEY HOME ACROSS INLAND ICE
IN NOVEMBER. I ARRIVE HERE
IN WANING MOONLIGHT AND
CAN GO NO FURTHER FOR FROSTBITE
IN MY FEET AND FOR THE DARKNESS.
OTHERS ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FJORD
IN FRONT OF GLACIER (ABOUT 25 KM)
HAGEN DIED 15 NOVEMBER
AND MYLIUS ABOUT
10 DAYS LATER


ERECTED
1912

KAI NIELSEN
1882-1924