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Author: Hansen, Leo

Subject: Rasmussen, Knud 1879-1933        Thule Expedition (5th : 1921-1924) Report of the Fifth Thule Expedition, 1921-24

Type: Photographic print     Landscape

Date: 1924

Topic: Canada      Scientific expeditions      Sleds      Transportation      Description and travel

Standard number: 2005-8638

Physical description: Number of Images: 1; Color: Black and white; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Landscape; Medium: Photographic print

Notes: Born in Greenland of a Danish missionary father and an Inuit mother, Knud Johan Victor Rasmussen, 1879-1933, Danish was an arctic explorer and ethnologist, who between 1921 and 1924, led a small band of colleagues in a journey of investigation across arctic North America from Hudson Bay to the Bering Strait. In 1910 he established his Thule station at Cape York, Greenland, the base for seven expeditions, five led by Rasmussen himself. Rasmussen was an excellent explorer, interpreter, and translator. He documented many Inuit legends that may have gone unnoticed without him. His work helped future explorers and he will always be remembered as the first man to cross the Northwest Passage by dog sled. He made a visit in 1924 to Washington, D.C., with several of his expedition companions. The visit was documented by Science Service, a news service established in 1920, which also publicized his expeditions

Summary: Men and sledges on large ice floes utilized as ferry boats on Rasmussen's sledge journey from Yathkyed Lake to Baker Lake, the original home of the Eskimo, Northwest Territories, Canada. The Fifth Thule Expedition of Knud Rasmussen explored the Kazan River from 1921-24

Place: Baker Lake (Nunavut)      Kazan River (Nunavut)      Northwest Territories

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