User:Niels Gyldenlund Mikkelsen/Peter Schmidt Mikkelsen

Peter Schmidt Mikkelsen (born 1954 in Herborg, Vestjylland) is a Danish writer and former member of the Danish Arctic Special Forces, Slædepatruljen Sirius (1977-1979). Since the 1980's he has participated in and led several expeditions to the Greenlandis National Park. In 1991, he co-founded the non-profit organization, Nordøstgrønlandsk Kompagni 'Nanok', which he has been the director of since 1999. 'Nanok' monitors and restores huts from the Trappers' Era (1908-1960) in the north-eastern part of Greenland, which today is a national park.

In 2009, after 25 years in the private sector, Peter Schmidt Mikkelsen chose to focus full-time on his passion; the Arctic. Since then he has been affiliated with numerous Arctic research centres and inititatives, e.g. the Danish 'Arktisk Forskningscenter', the Greenlandic Grønlands Naturinstitut, Arctic Science Partnership and Isaaffik Arctic Gateway.

In 2021, Mikkelsen became chairman of The Arctic Club.

External sources and references

 * Peter Schmidt Mikkelsens hjemmeside

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