Arthur Haack
Arthur Haack (born November 9, 1880 in Klobbicke , † March 23, 1915 on Baffin Island in the Canadian territory of Nunavut ) was a German polar filmmaker.
Life
Arthur-Georg Haack was born in Klobbicke in 1880 as the son of the teacher Carl Haack. After training as a photographer in Berlin, he went to America at the age of 25. With his friend Rudolph Franke, who was born in Biesenthal , he hired Captain Joseph-Elzéar Bernier on the “SS Guide” . They made their way to Pond Inlet in Canada to research the Inuit life . This is where Canada's first documentary film "The Land of the Midnight Sun" was made. He froze to death, sitting on a sled with a pipe in his mouth. His friend Franke could be saved.
His grave is in Igarjua Cemetery in Pond Inlet .
literature
- Rudolph Franke: Experiences of a German in the far north. Records and reports . Ed. by Erwin Volckmann, Hamburg 1914
- Karin JH Baron: Love lives in the homeland, Breydin / Panketal 2018 - a homeland book about the community of Breydin with the OT Trampe, Tuchen-Klobbicke - can be acquired through the author
- Karin JH Baron: Arthur His dream of Ewigen Eis, Breydin / Panketal 2019 - his life story with documents - can still be acquired through an author
Web links
- The grave cross for Arthur Haack at Find a Grave
- Frozen in the eternal ice on ODF - television for East Brandenburg
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Haack, Arthur |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German polar filmmaker |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 9, 1880 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tuchen-Klobbicke |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 23, 1915 |
| Place of death | Baffin Island |