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[[File:Niels Peter Høeg Hagen by Johnny Johansen.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Niels Peter Høeg Hagen]]
'''Niels Peter Høeg Hagen''' (15 October 1877 – November 1907<ref>[http://bit.ly/2GGmbsd N. P. Høeg Hagen] in the [[Dansk biografisk leksikon]] (Danish)</ref>), was a Danish military officer, polar explorer and [[cartographer]]. He participated in the ill-fated [[Denmark expedition]] to NE Greenland in 1906.<ref>[[Georg Carl Amdrup|G. Amdrup]]: ''[http://bit.ly/2E5yrAO Report on the Danmark Expedition to the North-East Coast of Greenland 1906–1908]''. In: ''Meddelelser om Grønland'' 41, 1913, pp. 1–270</ref>
==The Denmark expedition==
Høeg Hagen, together with expedition leader [[Ludvig Mylius-Erichsen]] and the Greenlander [[Jørgen Brønlund]], was part of the team of [[dogsled]]s that aimed to explore the [[Independence Fjord]] area from the east. Misled by existing maps, the three men prolonged their journey to such an extent that a return to the ship at [[Danmarkshavn]] that spring was impossible. The three of them were forced to spend the summer in the area without the necessary footgear for hunting in the stony ground. The need for food for men and dogs forced them to reduce their three dogteams to one. Finally in September they were able to start their return journey on the new frozen sea ice, but en route Hagen perished of starvation, exhaustion, and cold, in the [[Nioghalvfjerdsbrae]] area, followed by Mylius-Erichsen a few days later.
The body of Brønlund together with his diary and Hagen's cartographic sketches were found next spring by Koch in [[Lambert Land]]. Some cairn reports, left at [[Danmark Fjord]] by Mylius-Erichsen, were found and brought to [[Copenhagen]] by [[Ejnar Mikkelsen]] in 1912.<ref>Spencer Apollonio, ''Lands That Hold One Spellbound: A Story of East Greenland,'' 2008 pp. 101-120</ref>
[[Hagen Fjord]], a southern branch of Independence Fjord, was named in his honour.
==See also==
*[[Denmark Expedition Memorial]]
==References==
==External links==
* [http://bit.ly/2GGmbZf Memorial to Ludvig Mylius-Erichsen (1872-1907), Niels Peter Høeg Hagen (1877-1907) and Jørgen Brønlund (1877-1907)]
[[Category:1877 births]]
[[Category:1907 deaths]]
[[Category:Danish explorers]]
[[Category:Danish cartographers]]
[[Category:Polar explorers]]
[[de:Niels Peter Høeg-Hagen]]
'''Niels Peter Høeg Hagen''' (15 October 1877 – November 1907<ref>[http://bit.ly/2GGmbsd N. P. Høeg Hagen] in the [[Dansk biografisk leksikon]] (Danish)</ref>), was a Danish military officer, polar explorer and [[cartographer]]. He participated in the ill-fated [[Denmark expedition]] to NE Greenland in 1906.<ref>[[Georg Carl Amdrup|G. Amdrup]]: ''[http://bit.ly/2E5yrAO Report on the Danmark Expedition to the North-East Coast of Greenland 1906–1908]''. In: ''Meddelelser om Grønland'' 41, 1913, pp. 1–270</ref>
==The Denmark expedition==
Høeg Hagen, together with expedition leader [[Ludvig Mylius-Erichsen]] and the Greenlander [[Jørgen Brønlund]], was part of the team of [[dogsled]]s that aimed to explore the [[Independence Fjord]] area from the east. Misled by existing maps, the three men prolonged their journey to such an extent that a return to the ship at [[Danmarkshavn]] that spring was impossible. The three of them were forced to spend the summer in the area without the necessary footgear for hunting in the stony ground. The need for food for men and dogs forced them to reduce their three dogteams to one. Finally in September they were able to start their return journey on the new frozen sea ice, but en route Hagen perished of starvation, exhaustion, and cold, in the [[Nioghalvfjerdsbrae]] area, followed by Mylius-Erichsen a few days later.
The body of Brønlund together with his diary and Hagen's cartographic sketches were found next spring by Koch in [[Lambert Land]]. Some cairn reports, left at [[Danmark Fjord]] by Mylius-Erichsen, were found and brought to [[Copenhagen]] by [[Ejnar Mikkelsen]] in 1912.<ref>Spencer Apollonio, ''Lands That Hold One Spellbound: A Story of East Greenland,'' 2008 pp. 101-120</ref>
[[Hagen Fjord]], a southern branch of Independence Fjord, was named in his honour.
==See also==
*[[Denmark Expedition Memorial]]
==References==
==External links==
* [http://bit.ly/2GGmbZf Memorial to Ludvig Mylius-Erichsen (1872-1907), Niels Peter Høeg Hagen (1877-1907) and Jørgen Brønlund (1877-1907)]
[[Category:1877 births]]
[[Category:1907 deaths]]
[[Category:Danish explorers]]
[[Category:Danish cartographers]]
[[Category:Polar explorers]]
[[de:Niels Peter Høeg-Hagen]]
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