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Born October 10, 1861 • Norway
Died May 13, 1930 (aged 68) • Norway
Awards And Honors Nobel Prize (1922)
Notable Works “Eskimo Life” • “Farthest North” • “In Northern Mists”
Subjects Of Study Inuit

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