Grenfell, Wilfred

Wilfred Grenfell was born in Parkgate, England, in 1865. He studied medicine and later volunteered to go to Newfoundland and Labrador, where he quickly gained great respect among the people. He established a mission, an orphanage, and a school at St. Anthony, Labrador. His tale "Adrift on an Ice Pan" (1908, 1992) is an account of how he was stranded overnight on the ice. He died in 1941.