Christian Klengenberg Jorgensen was a Danish whaler, trapper, and trader, active for 34 years in Alaska and Northern Canada. He is notable for opening trade routes to the Copper Inuit territory. Klengenberg is also credited with the discovery of Blond Eskimo and recounting his experience to the anthropologist Vilhjalmur Stefansson who went on to publish about their existence.

Vilhjalmur Stefansson was an Arctic explorer and ethnologist. He was born in Manitoba, Canada.