Knud Rasmussen

Greenlandic-Danish polar explorer and anthropologist. He has been called the "father of Eskimology" (now often known as Inuit Studies or Greenlandic and Arctic Studies) and was the first European to cross the Northwest Passage via dog sled.

Works (15)

Cover of Across Arctic America

Across Arctic America

Cover of Intellectual culture of the Copper Eskimos

Intellectual culture of the Copper Eskimos

Cover of The Arctic

Cover of Snehyttens sange

Snehyttens sange

Cover of The people of the Polar north

The people of the Polar north

Cover of The Netsilik Eskimos

The Netsilik Eskimos

Cover of Beyond the high hills

Beyond the high hills

Cover of Greenland by the Polar Sea

Greenland by the Polar Sea

Cover of Knud Rasmussen's posthumous notes on east Greenland legends and myths

Knud Rasmussen's posthumous notes on east Greenland legends and myths

Cover of Myter og sagn fra Grønland

Myter og sagn fra Grønland

Cover of Fra Grønland til Stillehavet

Fra Grønland til Stillehavet

Cover of The Alaskan Eskimos, as described in the posthumous notes of Knud Rasmussen

The Alaskan Eskimos, as described in the posthumous notes of Knud Rasmussen

Cover of In der heimat des polarmenschen

In der heimat des polarmenschen

Cover of Observations on the intellectual culture of the Caribou Eskimos

Observations on the intellectual culture of the Caribou Eskimos

Cover of Intellectual culture of the Hudson Bay Eskimos

Intellectual culture of the Hudson Bay Eskimos