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Leden lost his autobiography twice. The first time, his pre-written manuscript was taken as evidence during the war because he had lived in
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Leden wrote several articles that were published in journals, including "Christmas Among the
Eskimos", "Trapping Salmon in the Far North", "A Chapter from my Eskimo Travels", and "Mobilizing the Arctic". The books he wrote, detailing his research, were published in German:
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Norwegian explorer, anthropologist, composer and musicologist
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