Dr. Hinrich Johannes Rink was a Danish geologist, one of the pioneers of glaciology, and the first accurate describer of the inland ice of Greenland. Rink, who first came to Greenland in 1848, spent 16 winters and 22 summers in the Arctic region,... Wikipedia
Born: August 26, 1819, Copenhagen, Denmark
Died: December 15, 1893 (age 74 years), Oslo, Norway
Partner: Signe Rink
Education: Copenhagen University and University of Kiel