Memory of Arnarulunnguaq lives on in Greenlandic culture
In 1927, Knud Rasmussen wrote a popular account of his great sled journey over the top of North America. In it, he said, “The Eskimo is the hero of this book. His history, his present culture, his daily hardships, and his spiritual life constitute the theme and the narrative.” Danish anthropologist Kirsten Hastrup has written...