Villumsen had buried Wegener with great care, taken his diary and some personal effects with him, maybe hoping to make it to the base camp. Villumsen was never found.
The German government wanted to bring the body back to Germany for a state funeral, but his wife Else Wegener, knowing Alfred´s love for the Arctic, refused and so Wegener was left where Villumsen buried him
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