Ras·mus·sen  (rās'mə-sən, räs'mŏŏs-ən)  Danish ethnologist and Arctic explorer who conducted extensive research on Eskimo and Inuit culture and heritage. |
Rasmussen, Knud Johan Victor
Danish-Eskimo explorer and ethnologist who, in the course of completing the longest dog-sledge journey to that time, across the American Arctic, made a scientific study of virtually every Eskimo tribe in that vast region
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