He served with Captain Amundsen in the crew of the Gjoa serving as Second Engineer.
He died at King Point, just west of the mouth of the Mackenzie River, while wintering there. Wiik was a technician carrying out magnetic measuring experiments. The grave is marked by a cross there.
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