Author: Unknown

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

Type: Photographic print     Landscape

Date: 1924

Topic: Arctic      Bays      Canada      North America      Scientific expeditions      Ships

Standard number: 2005-8628

Physical description: Number of Images: 1; Color: Black and white; Size: 8"h x 10"w; 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, was a Danish 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: The Skongen, the Danish Fifth Thule Arctic Expedition's ship, is making slow progress through ice covered Hudson Bay

Place: Canada      Hudson Bay

Persistent URL:Link to data base record

Repository:Smithsonian Archives - History Div