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Friday 26 April 2019

German whaler of commander Simon Petersen arrived in Germany returning from Greenland according to the Dutch newspaper Leydse courant dated 26 June 1769

An item dated Hamburg, Germany 19th reported the arrival the same day of commandeur Simon Petersen returning from Greenland with 120 quardelen seal blubber. He left Greenland on 31st May reporting that he never ever experienced such as cold in Greenland as this year.