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Native languages and ways of living, including the arts of sea
kayaking and dog sledding, fascinated Knud Rasmussen, himself of
Inuit and Danish descent. Rasmussen devoted much of his life to
ethnological and cultural studies throughout Arctic North America.
Establishing a base station in Thule, Greenland, in 1910, he
visited as many Inuit peoples as he could, taking meticulous notes
and making sketches, collecting artifacts and compiling hundreds of
Native legends and songs. The tales are grounded in the Inuit
belief system, itself defined by superstition and transformation.
Thanks to his own mixed heritage, Rasmussen understood Inuit
stories at a deeper level than did most observers, and documented
many priceless legends that the West might have otherwise not have
noticed.
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