Wreck of Hans Egede

Wreck of Hans Egede is shown and named in a reusable Geograph picture. The saved point is the picture's recorded map point.

The *Hans Egede* was a Danish whaler lost in 1779 near Greenland, wrecked during a storm while hunting whales. No lives were lost, but the loss of the vessel and its cargo disrupted local whaling operations, highlighting the risks of Arctic whaling ventures.