The people of the Polar north;
a record,
by Knud Rasmussen, comp. from the Danish originals and ed. by G. Herring; illustrations by Count Harald Moltke.

Description

Main Author

Rasmussen, Knud, 1879-1933

Related Names

Moltke, Harald Viggo, greve, 1871-, illustrator.
Moltke, Harald Viggo, greve, 1871-1960, illus.
Herring, G., comp. and ed.

Language(s)

English

Published

Philadelphia, J.B. Lippincott co., 1908.

Subjects

Folklore > Folklore / Greenland.
Eskimos > Eskimos / Greenland
Arctic regions.
Greenland > Greenland / Description and travel

Note

"The people of the Polar north has been compiled from the Danish originals recently published by the author in Copenhagen, under the titles of "New people" and "Under the lash of the north wind." It deals with the three distinct Eskimo branches which make up the popluation of Greenland." -- Editor's pref.

Physical Description

xix, 358 p. illus., plates (12 col., incl. front.) ports., fold. map. 26 cm.

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