Polar explorer and anthropologist.
Born in Jakobshavn, Greenland. When on his first expedition in 1902-1904, "The Literature Expedition" with Jorgen Bronlund, Harald Moltke and Ludvig Mylius-Erichssen 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 1912-1919, including trvelling over the Viscount Melville Sound and crossing the Northwest Passage by dogsled.
From 1921-1924 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 Copenhagen.
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