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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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Canadian-born explorer (1879–1962)

Born 1879
Died 1962

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  • Cover of: Unsolved Mysteries of the Arctic

    First published in 1938 9 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Hunters of the Great North

    First published in 1922 8 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition huntersgreatnor00stefgoog
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  • Cover of: My Life with the Eskimo

    First published in 1913 8 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The friendly Arctic: the story of five years in polar regions.

    First published in 1921 5 editions in 1 language — 4 previewable Cover of edition friendlyarcticst00stef Cover of edition friendlyarcticst00stef Cover of edition friendlyarcticst0000stef
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  • Cover of: The Northward Course of Empire

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  • Cover of: Arctic manual

    First published in 1944 3 editions in 1 language
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    First published in 1942 3 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Kak, the copper Eskimo

    First published in 1924 3 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: My life with the Eskimos.

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  • Cover of: Prehistoric and present commerce among the Arctic coast Eskimo

    First published in 1914 3 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition prehistoricprese00stefiala
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  • Cover of: The Stefánsson-Anderson Arctic expedition of the American museum: preliminary ethnological report

    First published in 1914 3 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Ultima Thule: further mysteries of the Arctic

    First published in 1940 3 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The adventure of Wrangel island

    First published in 1925 2 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition adventureofwrang00stef
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  • Cover of: Adventures in error.

    First published in 1936 2 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: The Friendly Arctic V1: The Story Of Five Years In Polar Regions

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  • Cover of: Iceland: The First American Republic

    First published in 1939 2 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Northwest to Fortune: The Search of Western Man for a Commercially Practical Route to the Far East

    First published in 1958 2 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The Standardization of Error

    First published in 1927 2 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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Canadian-born explorer (1879–1962)

Born 1879
Died 1962
Subjects
Eskimos, Inuit, Meat, Pemmican, Social life and customs, Description and travel, Discovery and exploration, Nutrition, Explorers, History, Canadian Arctic Expedition (1913-1918), Discoveries in geography, Truth, Arctic regions, Cancer, Commerce, Geography, Geopolitics, Hunting, Travel, Aeronautics, Biography, Canadian, Common fallacies, Copper Inuit boys
Places
Arctic regions, Canada, Greenland, Iceland, Northwest Territories, Wrangel Island (Russia), Arctic Regions, Australia, North America, Northern Canada, Northwest Passage, Polar regions, Vermont
People
Vilhjalmur Stefansson (1879-1962), Beatty Balestier, Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936), John Rae (1813-1893)
Time
1918-

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