Hendrik Drachsler
Hendrik may refer to: * Hendrik (given name) * Hans Hendrik, Greenlandic Arctic traveller and interpreter * Hendrik Island, an island in Greenland * Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht, a municipality in the Netherlands * A character from ''Dragon Quest XI'' See also * Hendrich (other) * Hendrick (other) * Henrich Henrich is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include: Surname * Adam Henrich (born 1984), Canadian former ice hockey player * Allison Henrich (born 1980), American mathematician * Bernhard Henrich, set decorator * Bobby ...

Hendrik (given Name)
The Dutch male given name Hendrik is a cognate of the English Henry. The spelling Hendrick was interchangeable until the 19th century. Birth names of people with this name can be Latinized to ''Henderikus'', ''Hendricus'', '' Hendrikus'', or ''Henricus'', while common nicknames for Hendrik are ''Han'', ''Hein'', ''Henk'', ''Hennie'', ''Henny'', ''Henri'', ''Henry'', ''Rijk'', and '' Rik''. People with Hendrik or Hendrick as their first name include: Academics *Hendrik Willem Bakhuis Roozeboom (1854–1907), Dutch physical chemist * Hendrik Pieter Barendregt (born 1947), Dutch logician *Hendrik Wade Bode (1905–1982), American engineer, researcher, inventor, author and scientist * Hendrik Wilhelm Bodewitz (born 1939), Dutch Sanskrit scholar * Hendrik Enno Boeke (1881–1918), Dutch mineralogist and petrographer. * Hendrik Jan Maarten Bos (born 1940), Dutch historian of mathematics *Hendrik Brugmans (1906–1997), Dutch literary theorist and linguist *Hendrik Casimir (1909–2000 ...
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Hans Hendrik
Hans Hendrik ( kl, Suersaq, i=no; 2 June 1832 – 11 August 1889) was a Kalaallit interpreter, Arctic explorer, and the first Inuk to publish an account of his travels. He was born in the southern settlement of Fiskenæsset. Expeditions Second Grinnell expedition Hendrik was hired by the American explorer Elisha Kent Kane for the 1853–1855 second Grinnell expedition to search for the lost Franklin expedition. He established his worth in the winter of 1854, when participating in a search for four of the men who were lying frozen and disabled somewhere northwest of the ship, which was beset in the ice in Rensellaer Bay. Hendrik located their sledge track, which brought the rescue party to the men. He also assisted with communication with the local Inuit, and was instrumental in hunting efforts, including tracking and finding a wounded caribou in February 1855 when the men were beginning to starve and show signs of scurvy. It was due to Henrik's ability and effort th ...
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