Vilhjalmur Stefansson
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| Vilhjalmur Stefansson | |
|---|---|
 Stefansson in The World's Work (1922) | |
| Born | William Stephenson 3 November 1879 Arnes, Manitoba, Canada |
| Died | 26 August 1962 (82) Hanover, Grafton Co., New Hampshire |
| Alma mater | University of North Dakota; University of Iowa (A.B., 1903); Harvard University |
| Affiliations | The Explorers Club |
Vilhjalmur Stefansson (November 3, 1879 - August 26, 1962) was an American explorer and ethnologist of Icelandic descent who was famous in the early twentieth century for his extensive explorations of the Canadian Arctic and his advocacy for the dietetics (fatty meat and fresh fish) and lifestyle of the peoples that inhabit that region.
Selected Bibliography
- Stefansson, Vilhjalmur (1913), My Life with the Eskimo, New York: The Macmillan Co., https://archive.org/details/mylifewitheskimo01stef
- Stefansson, Vilhjalmur (1921), The Friendly Arctic:The Story of Five Years in Polar Regions, New York: The Macmillan Co., https://archive.org/details/friendlyarcticst00stefuoft
- Stefansson, Vilhjalmur (1922), The Northward Course of Empire, New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., https://archive.org/details/northwardcourseo00stef
- Stefansson, Vilhjalmur (1923), Hunters of the Great North, London: Geo. G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., https://archive.org/details/huntersofgreatno1923stef
- Stefansson, Vilhjalmur (1927), The Standardization of Error, New York: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc.
- Stefansson, Vilhjalmur (1938), Unsolved Mysteries of the Arctic, New York: The Macmillan Co.
- Stefansson, Vilhjalmur (1939), Iceland, the First American Republic, New York: Doubleday, Doran & Co.
- Stefansson, Vilhjalmur (1940), Ultima Thule: Further Mysteries of the Arctic, New York: The Macmillan Co.
- Stefansson, Vilhjalmur (1946), Not by Bread Alone, New York: The Macmillan Co.
- Stefansson, Vilhjalmur (1956), The Fat of the Land, New York: The Macmillan Co.
- Stefansson, Vilhjalmur (1960), Cancer: Disease of Civilization? An Anthropological and Historical Study, New York: Hill and Wang, Inc.
- Stefansson, Vilhjalmur (1964), Discovery – The Autobiography of Vilhjalmur Stefansson, New York: McGraw-Hill Book Co.