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Knud Rasmussen

Greenlandic-Danish polar explorer and anthropologist. He has been called the "father of Eskimology" (now often known as Inuit Studies or Greenlandic and Arctic Studies) and was the first European to cross the Northwest Passage via dog sled.

Danish explorer and anthropologist

Born	1879
Died	1933

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Greenland by the Polar sea: the story of the Thule expedition from Melville Bay to cape Morris Jesup

by Knud Rasmussen
First published in 1921 — 15 editions
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Eskimo folk-tales

by Knud Rasmussen
First published in 1921 — 12 editions
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The people of the Polar north: a record

by Knud Rasmussen, Harald Viggo Moltke, and G Herring First published in 1908 — 12 editions
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Beyond the high hills: a book of Eskimo poems

by Knud Rasmussen
First published in 1961 — 6 editions
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People of the Polar North: A Record

by Knud Rasmussen First published in 2018 — 6 editions

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Eskimo Folk-Tales: Complete with Original Illustrations

by Knud Rasmussen First published in 2018 — 6 editions

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Intellectual culture of the Copper Eskimos

by Knud Rasmussen First published in 1932 — 6 editions

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Lapland

by Knud Rasmussen and Jacques Privat First published in 1907 — 5 editions
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Across Arctic America;: Narrative of the Fifth Thule expedition,

by Knud Rasmussen First published in 1927 — 5 editions
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Knud Rasmussen's posthumous notes on east Greenland legends and myths

by Knud Rasmussen First published in 1939 — 5 editions
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The Netsilik Eskimos: social life and spiritual culture

by Knud Rasmussen First published in 1931 — 5 editions
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The Mackenzie Eskimos after Knud Rasmussen's posthumous notes

by Knud Rasmussen First published in 1942 — 4 editions
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Eskimo poems from Canada and Greenland

by Knud Rasmussen First published in 1930 — 4 editions
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A Journey to the Arctic.

by Knud Rasmussen First published in 1967 — 3 editions

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Min rejsedagbog: første Thule ekspedition 1912 /Knud Rasmussen ; udgivet ved John Andersen

by Knud Rasmussen First published in 1915 — 3 editions

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Intellectual Culture of Iglulik Eskimos

by Knud Rasmussen First published in 1929 — 3 editions

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Under Nordenvindens Svøbe

by Knud Rasmussen First published in 1906 — 3 editions
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Across Arctic America: narrative of the Fifth Thule Expedition

by Knud Rasmussen First published in 1927 — 3 editions

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Knud Rasmussen's posthumous notes on the life and doings of the east Greenlanders in olden times

by Knud Rasmussen First published in 1938 — 3 editions

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In der heimat des polarmenschen: die zweite Thule-expedition, 1916-18. Mit 76 bunten einfarbigen abbildungen und 10 karten.

by Knud Rasmussen First published in 1922 — 3 editions

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Danish explorer and anthropologist

Born	1879
Died	1933

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OLID: OL18679A
GoodReads: 215977
ISNI: 0000000083562957
IMDb: nm0711366
Library of Congress Names: n79113859
LibriVox: 12680
Project Gutenberg: 33593
SBN/ICCU (National Library Service of Italy): MILV050499
VIAF: 10112523
Wikidata: Q312769
Inventaire.io: wd:Q312769

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Alternative names

Knud J. Rasmussen
Knud Johan Victor Rasmussen
Knud J. V. Rasmussen
Knud 1879-1933 Rasmussen

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