Profile
Knud Rasmussen
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9220606 |
|---|---|
| Authors | E Cruwys (University of Cambridge, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1990 |
| Volume | 26 |
| Issue | 156 |
| Pages | 27-33 |
| Publication date | 1990-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Polar Record (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0032-2474 • E-ISSN: 1475-3057 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0032247400022737 |
| OpenAlex | W2030203026 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 2 |
Knud Rasmussen (1879–1933), born in Greenland of Danish-Inuit stock, spent his childhood in Greenland. After schooling in Denmark he returned to Greenland for expeditions to the Inuit of the northeast, establishing by his late twenties a reputation as explorer and ethnographer. He undertook seven major expeditions to the Arctic, collecting ethnographic, archaeological, meteorological, geological, zoological and botanic data. His longest and best-known journey was the Fifth Thule Expedition, in which he travelled by dog sledge across Arctic America from Danish Island in the east to Nome, Alaska. His extensive record of the culture of Inuit groups met on his journeys remains one of the most valuable collections of Inuit folklore in existence
Archaeology · Arctic · Danish · Ethnography · Ethnology · Folklore · Geography · The arctic · Geology · History · Indigenous Studies and Ecology · Oceanography
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |