Dear Members of the Danish Federation,
Ambassador Hanne Fugl Eskjær took up her duties as Denmark's ambassador to Canada last month. She was previously Denmark's Arctic Ambassador. I met with her at the Danish Embassy in Ottawa on October 3rd. Here are the highlights of our talk. When Ambassador Eskjær presented her credentials to Governor General Julie Payette on September 9th the Ambassador mentioned Jens Munk and his 1619-1620 expedition to the Governor General. Ambassador Eskjær plans to attend the Jens Munk event in Churchill, Manitoba, next year. Ambassador Eskjær is very much interested in Ole Japp's film The Northwest Xpedition, about Jens Munk's expedition, and would like to obtain a copy of this movie. This movie was shown at the Leif Erikson Festival at the Scandinavian Centre in Burnaby on Saturday, October 5th. This was a Canadian premiere. The ambassador also expressed an interest in visiting the various Danish organizations across Canada. She specifically mentioned Dickson. Ambassador Eskjær is also keen to commemorate and celebrate the 100th anniversary of Knud Rasmussen's Fifth Thule Expedition 1921-1924, which took him across Arctic Canada by dog sleigh, and further West to Alaska and Siberia. Along the way he collected invaluable artifacts and stories about the Inuit in Canada. Knud Rasmussen spoke Greenlandic and was able to communicate with most of the Inuit he met in Arctic Canada. I will be in touch with the Embassy again about commemorating Knud Rasmussen's Expedition. Regards, Rolf Buschardt Christensen, B.A., M.A. President, Federation of Danish Associations in Canada 679 Eastvale Court, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1J 6Z7 1-613-747-9764 robuch@ca.inter.net
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