Christian Klengenberg
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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. Kleng
Charlie Klengenberg on board his ship in 1924
From left to right, Klengenberg's son-in-law, Ikey Bolt, unknown, Patsy Klengenberg (son)
Coronation Gulf
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Coronation Gulf lies between Victoria Island and mainland Nunavut in Canada. To the northwest it connects with Dolphin and Union Strait and thence the Beaufort Sea and Arctic Ocean; to the northeast i
Christian Klengenberg
…May 1931) was a Danish whaler, trapper, and trader, active for 34 years in Alaska (Point Hope and Utqiagvik) and Northern Canada (Herschel Island, the Coronation Gulf, and Victoria Island). He is notable for opening trade routes to the Copper Inuit territory. Klengenberg is also credited with the discovery of Blond…
An Inuk man uses his sled and dogs to haul caribou carcasses at Coronation Gulf, April 1916