Bones of musk oxen hunted down in Peary Land show that the area was inhabited at 2000 B.C.
Brønlundhus was used as a base for the first expedition 1948-50 when Peary Land was explored by scientists on dog sled.
His archaeological investigations were made in Peary Land and adjacent areas of High Arctic Greenland.
He named the cultures "Independence" after the Independence Fjord located in Peary Land.
Jørgen Brønlund Fjord in Peary Land is named in his honor.
At that time, American interest was still focused on the possibility of a major airfield either near Nord or in Peary Land.
The large interior of the park is part of the Greenland Ice Sheet, but there are also large ice-free areas along the coast and on Peary Land in the north.
The Saqqaq people were the first to reach eastern Greenland, arriving from the north through what is now known as Peary Land and Independence Fjord.
Located in the Roosevelt Mountain Range in Peary Land, it is approximately 446.17 miles (718.04 km) away from the North Pole.
Jørgen Brønlund Fjord in Peary Land is named after him.