Date of Birth | 07-June-1879 | |
Place of Birth |
Ilulissat (Greenland, Denmark, Qaasuitsup) |
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Nationality | Greenland, Denmark | |
Also know as | Knud Rasmussen, Knud J. Rasmussen | |
Profession | Explorer, Anthropologist | |
Knud Johan Victor Rasmussen was a Danish polar explorer and anthropologist. He has been called the "father of Eskimology" and was the first European to cross the Northwest Passage via dog sled. He remains well known in Greenland, Denmark and among Canadian Inuit. |
Awards by Knud Johan Victor Rasmussen |
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1923
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