Knud Rasmussen

Greenlandic-Danish explorer and anthropologist

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Gender	Male
Death	90 years ago
Date of birth	June 7,1879
Zodiac sign	Gemini
Born	Ilulissat
	Greenland
Date of died	December 21,1933
Died	Copenhagen
	Denmark
Spouse	Dagmar Andersen
Children	Inge Thorborg
	Hanne Rasmussen
	Niels Rasmussen
Job	Explorer
	Anthropologist
Movies/Shows	The Wedding of Palo
	Knud
	By Dog Sledge Across Alaska
	Med Hundeslæde Gennem Alaska
	Den Store Grønlandsfilm
Parents	Christian Rasmussen
	Lovise Rasmussen
Full name	Knud Johan Victor Rasmussen
Date of Reg.	2019-10-06 10:38:32
Date of Upd.	2023-09-26 01:51:21
ID	1384075

Across Arctic America
Eskimo folk- tales
Greenland by the Polar Sea
The people of the Polar north
Eskimo poems from Canada and Greenland
Knud Rasmussen's Posthumous Notes on East Greenland Legends and Myths
Under Nordenvindens Svøbe
Intellectual Culture of the Iglulik Eskimos
Lapland
Myter og sagn fra Grønland
Knud Rasmussen's Posthumous Notes on the Life and Doings of the East Greenlanders in Olden Times
The Eagle's Gift: Alaska Eskimo Tales
Magic Words: Poems
In der heimat des polarmenschen
Intellectual culture of the Copper Eskimos
Die grosse Schlittenreise
Festens gave
Intellectual Culture of the Hudson Bay Eskimos
Rasmussens Thulefahrt
Nuliajuk
Netsilk Eskimos
Alaskan Eskomo Words
Avanngarnisalersaarutit
Lapland - Scholar's Choice Edition
Eskimo folk‑tales
Eskimo folk-tales

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Knud Rasmussen Life story

Knud Johan Victor Rasmussen was a Greenlandic–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.