Hans Egede Medal

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The Hans Egede Medal is awarded by the Royal Danish Geographical Society for outstanding services to geography, "principally for geographical studies and research in the Polar lands." It was instituted in 1916 and named after Hans Egede, a Danish missionary who established a mission in Greenland. [1]

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Source: Royal Danish Geographical Society Archived 10 February 2017 at the Wayback Machine

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