Jørgen Brønlund
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Jørgen Brønlund was a Greenlandic polar explorer, educator, and catechist. He participated in two Danish expeditions to Greenland in the early 20th century.
Jørgen Brønlund
Jørgen Brønlund Medal 100th Birthday
Knud Rasmussen
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Knud Johan Victor Rasmussen was a Greenlandic-Danish polar explorer and anthropologist. He has been called the "father of Eskimology" and was the first European to cross the Northwest Passage via dog
Jørgen Brønlund
…the son of a hunter, was born in Ilulissat, Greenland, Kingdom of Denmark, then known as Jacobshavn, on 14 December 1877. He was a childhood friend of Knud Rasmussen whose father was a priest in Jacobshavn. Trained as a teacher, Brønlund graduated in 1901 from Nuuk College. After graduation, he was employed as a…
Knud Rasmussen
Rasmussen family house in Ilulissat
Rasmussen, Mrs. Arnarulunnguaq and Mr. Meetek, 1924
Knud Rasmussen receives Charley P. Darby's gold medal from US ambassador John Dyneley Prince.