Rasmussen's Fifth Thule Expedition

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Rasmussen's_Fifth_Thule_Expedition
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Arctic_exploration
gptkbp:baseOfOperations gptkb:Thule,_Greenland
gptkbp:crosses gptkb:Northwest_Passage
gptkbp:documentedIn Inuit traditions
Inuit language
Inuit myths
Inuit social structure
Inuit technology
gptkbp:endDate 1924
gptkbp:goal ethnographic research
study of Inuit culture
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Rasmussen's Fifth Thule Expedition
gptkbp:ledTo gptkb:Knud_Rasmussen
gptkbp:notableMember gptkb:Peter_Freuchen
gptkb:Therkel_Mathiassen
gptkbp:publishedIn gptkb:The_Fifth_Thule_Expedition_1921–1924_(book_series)
gptkbp:resultedIn archaeological discoveries
documentation of Inuit languages
ethnographic publications
gptkbp:route gptkb:Arctic_North_America
Greenland to Alaska
gptkbp:significance first crossing of Northwest Passage by dog sled
major contribution to Arctic anthropology
gptkbp:sponsor gptkb:Royal_Danish_Geographical_Society
gptkb:Danish_government
gptkbp:startYear 1921
gptkbp:visitedBy gptkb:Alaska
gptkb:Canada
gptkb:rower
gptkb:Siberia
dog sled
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Eskimo_shamanism
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5