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.
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Greenland by the Polar Sea: the story of the Thule expedition from Melville bay to Cape Morris Jesup
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Eskimos, Folklore, Inuit, Legends, Religion, Discovery and exploration, Religion and mythology, Thule Expedition, Description and travel, Eskimo languages, Juvenile literature, Texts, Thule Expedition (5th : 1921-1924), Eskimo poetry, Glossaries, vocabularies, Indians of North America, Thule Expedition. (5th : 1921-24), Arctic regions, discovery and exploration, Caribou Eskimos, Discoveries in geography, Eskimo Folk songs, Eskimo Folklore, Eskimo mythology, Iglulik Eskimos, Inuit mythologyPlaces
Greenland, Arctic regions, Alaska, Hudson Bay Region, Northwest Territories, Mackenzie, Arctic Ocean, Arctic regions of North America and Greenland, Canada, Denmark, Igloolik, Keewatin District, Mackenzie district, North Pole, Polar RegionsPeople
Knud Rasmussen (1879-1933)ID Numbers
- OLID: OL18679A
- ISNI: 0000000083562957
- 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
January 19, 2024 | Edited by Tom Morris | merge authors |
January 19, 2024 | Edited by Tom Morris | Add brief bio from Wikipedia |
September 30, 2020 | Edited by MARC Bot | add ISNI |
October 28, 2019 | Edited by Tom Morris | Remove "please see" AKA |
June 6, 2012 | Edited by VacuumBot | Removed period from death date |