Knud Johan Victor Rasmussen
Explorer, Academic
1879 – 1933
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Who was Knud Johan Victor Rasmussen?
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.
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- Born
- Jun 7, 1879
Ilulissat - Also known as
- Knud Rasmussen
- Knud J. Rasmussen
- Parents
- Siblings
- Nationality
- Greenland
- Denmark
- Profession
- Died
- Dec 21, 1933
Copenhagen
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on July 23, 2013
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