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Vilhjalmur Stefansson

Vilhjalmur Stefansson (Icelandic: Vilhjálmur Stefánsson) (November 3, 1879 – August 26, 1962) was an Icelandic American Arctic explorer and ethnologist. He was born in Manitoba, Canada, and died at the age of 82.

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Born 1879
Died 1962

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    First published in 1958 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Great adventures and explorations: from the earliest times to the present, as told by the explorers themselves. Edited with an introd. and comments by Vilhjalmur Stefansson, with the collaboration of Olive Rathbun Wilcox. Maps designed by Richard Edes Harrison.

    First published in 1966 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: The polar expedition diaries of Vilhjalmur Stefánsson in the years 1906-1918

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  • Cover of: The problem of Meighen Island: intended as the third chapter but suppressed in the publication of Unsolved mysteries of the Arctic, by Vilhjalmur Stefansson ... published by the Explorers Club in December 1938.

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    First published in 1960 — 1 edition
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Born 1879
Died 1962

Subjects

Eskimos, Social life and customs, Inuit, Description and travel, Meat, Pemmican, Discovery and exploration, Nutrition, Explorers, History, Canadian Arctic Expedition (1913-1918), Discoveries in geography, Travel, Truth, Arctic regions, Cancer, Commerce, Diet, Geography, Geopolitics, Hunting, Missions, Religion, Aeronautics, Biography

Places

Arctic regions, Canada, Iceland, Arctic Regions, Greenland, Northwest Territories, Wrangel Island (Russia), Alaska, Arctique, Australia, North America, Northern Canada, Northwest Passage, Polar regions, Vermont

People

Vilhjalmur Stefansson (1879-1962), Beatty Balestier, Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936), Horatio Richmond Marsh (1874-1948), John Rae (1813-1893)

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1918-

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September 30, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot add ISNI
February 8, 2020 Edited by mountainaxe1 Edited without comment.
February 8, 2020 Edited by mountainaxe1 Added new photo
March 31, 2017 Edited by MARC Bot add VIAF and wikidata ID
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import