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Thule Group AB (/ ˈ t uː l iː /) is a Swedish company that owns brands related to outdoor and transportation products. These include cargo carriers for automobiles and other outdoor and storage products, with 4,700 points of sale in 136 countries worldwide.
The Thule Society (/ ˈ t uː l ə /; German: Thule-Gesellschaft), originally the Studiengruppe für germanisches Altertum ('Study Group for Germanic Antiquity'), was a German occultist and Völkisch group founded in Munich shortly after World War I, named after a mythical northern country in Greek legend.
Sometimes Ultima Thule was a Latin name for Greenland, when Thule was used for Iceland. By the late 19th century, however, Thule was frequently identified with Norway. [7] [8] In 1910, the explorer Knud Rasmussen established a missionary and trading post in north-western Greenland, which he named "Thule" (later Qaanaaq).
The Thule Tradition lasted from about 200 BC to 1600 AD around the Bering Strait, the Thule people being the prehistoric ancestors of the Inuit. [4] Thule culture was mapped out by Therkel Mathiassen , following his participation as an archaeologist and cartographer of the Fifth Danish Expedition to Arctic America in 1921–1924.
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Accident; Date: 21 January 1968: Summary: In-flight fire leading to crew ejecting: Site: 7.5 miles (12.1 km) west of Thule Air Base (formerly Pituffik), Greenland 1]: Aircraft; Aircraft type: B-52G Stratofortress: Operator: 380th Strategic Bomb Wing, Strategic Air Command, United States Air Force: Registration: 58-0188: Flight origin: Plattsburgh Air Force Base: Stopover: Baffin Bay (holding ...
The Thule people, who began migrating ... Some elders describe peace with an ancient group of people, while others describe conflict. ... Wikipedia® is a registered ...
The Thule first arrived in Greenland from the North American mainland in the 13th century and were thereafter in contact with the Greenlanders. The Greenlanders' Saga and the Saga of Erik the Red , which were written in the 13th century, use this same term for the people of the area known as Vinland whom the Norse met in the early 11th century.