About
He was considered the father of eskimology, as he was the first person to travel completely through the Northwest Passage.
Before Fame
He set out the Danish Literary Expedition to Greenland to study the native Inuit culture.
Trivia
He founded a trading post in the northern wilderness of Greenland that would become the base for seven future Thule Expeditions.
Family Life
His father was a missionary, and his mother was half-Inuit.
Associated With
Robert E. Peary explored the North Pole as well.
