#OnThisDay 100 years ago:
Knud Rasmussen and his team of 11 Danes and Greenlanders, left Greenland, west-bound, to start his 5th Thule expedition. The dog sledding expedition across the #Arctic took 3 years and yielded ground-breaking scientific results. #5Thule100 #History pic.twitter.com/o1IOGZVtKM

— Danish Ambassador to Canada, Hanne Fugl Eskjær (@DKambCanada) September 7, 2021