Knud Rasmussen was already one of the most skilled and knowledgeable Arctic explorers when he launched the Fifth Thule Expedition in 1921, the most ambitious of seven such endeavors he organized.
"While Amundsen, Franklin, and Peary were first to explore the furthest geographical reaches of the Polar North, Knud Rasmussen was the first to explore its culture and its soul. Part Danish, part ...