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Femte Thule Expedition (1921)

Femte Thule Expedition poster
Country
Denmark
Runtime
7 min
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This 1921 Danish documentary shows summer scenes from Greenland. It includes ships sailing into a fjord, whales in the water, and a visit to a settlement where cows are milked and goats are butchered. People in kayaks and umiaqs greet a royal ship, and hunters catch fish and seals.

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What happens

Femte Thule Expedition er en dansk dokumentarisk optagelse fra 1921. Sommeroptagelser fra Grønland: Indsejling i en stille fjord, pukkelhvaler i vandet. Et mere uroligt hav dækket af store isflager. Besøg i en bygd: køer malkes og geder slagtes. Masser af små fartøjer, kajakker og konebåde (umiaq), tager imod kongeskibet med Kong Christian X og Dronning Alexandrine ombord. Kajakroerne demonstrerer forskellige manøvrer, bl.a. 'grønlændervending'. En isbjørn ses svømme foran kajak. Sæl sprættes op, de små børn får straks et friskt stykke spæk. En fisker sprætter en havkal (grønlandshaj) op fra sin kajak. Lodder (ammassat) i stimer fanges med net fra klippekanten. De lægges til tørring på klippen. Hundespand trækker hundeslæderne hen over klipperne, der er fart på. Det er usikkert, hvor disse optagelser stammer fra, og om det er 5. Thule-Ekspedition. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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