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Knud Johan Victor Rasmussen ( June 7, 1879 - December 21, 1933) was a Greenlandic polar explorer and anthropologist.Rasmussen was born in Jakobshavn, Greenland. When on his first expedition in 1902- 1904, "The Literature Expedition" with Jørgen Brønlund , Harald Moltke and Ludvig Mylius-Erichsen to examine Inuit culture. In 1910 he established the Thule Trading Station at Cape York (Uummannaq), Greenland as a base. He went on several expeditions between 1912- 1919Events January January 1 Edsel Ford succeeds his father as head of the Ford Motor Company January 5 Spartacist uprising Socialist demonstrations in Berlin turn into attempted communist revolution with Spartacist League in the forefront January 9 Spartacus, including travelling over the Viscount Melville Sound and crossing the Northwest PassageThe Northwest Passage is a route from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean through the Arctic archipelago of Canada. Between the end of the 15th century and the 20th century, Europeans attempted to establish a commercial sea route north and west around by dogsled.
From 1921Events January 2 The first religious radio broadcast ( KDKA AM in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) January 2 Spanish liner Santa Isabel sinks off Villa Garcia 244 dead January 2 DeYoung Museum in Golden Gate Park San Francisco opens. January 20 Republic of Turke- 1924Centuries: 19th century 20th century 21st century Decades: 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s Years: 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 See also 1924 in aviation 1924 in film 1924 in literature 1924 in mu he went on his famous "Great Sledge Journey" to collect and describe Inuit songs and legends. For that effort he gained a post at the University of CopenhagenCopenhagen Kobenhavn in Danish) is the capital of Denmark. The contemporary Danish name for the city is a corruption of the original designation for the city Kobmandshavn meaning Merchants' Harbour. The English name Copenhagen is derived from the German n.
He was also patron of the first long polar movie "SOS Iceberg" (directed by Leni RiefenstahlBerta Helene Amalie "Leni" Riefenstahl ( August 22, 1902 September 8, 2003) was a Nazi-era German filmmaker renowned for her aesthetics. Her most famous works are propaganda films for the German Nazi Party. Shut out of the film industry after the war, she).
Rasmussen, Knud Johan Victor
Rasmussen, Knud Johan Victor
Rasmussen, Knud
