Explorer and ethnologist, born in Jacobshavn, Greenland. From 1902 onwards he directed several expeditions to Greenland in support of the theory that the Inuit and the North American Indians were both descended from migratory tribes from Asia. In 1910 he established Thule base on Cape York, and crossed by dog-sledge from Greenland to the Bering Strait (19214).
Knud Johan Victor Rasmussen (June 7, 1879–December 21, 1933) was a Greenlandic polar explorer and anthropologist.
Rasmussen was born in Jakobshavn, Greenland. He went on his first expedition in 1902–1904, "The Literature Expedition", with Jørgen Brønlund, Harald Moltke and Ludvig Mylius-Erichsen, to examine Inuit culture.
From 1921 to 1924 he went on his famous "Great Sled Journey" to collect and describe Inuit songs and legends.
He was also patron of the first long polar movie "SOS Iceberg" (starring Leni Riefenstahl).
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