The Barren Grounds Grizzly Bear

Abstract Vilhjalmur Stefansson (1879-1962) and Rudolph M. Anderson led one of the earliest expeditions into the high Arctic, studying the anthropology and biology of the northern Mackenzie and southern Franklin districts of the Canadian Northwest Territories from 1908 through 1912. Stefansson and An...

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Main Author: Stefansson, Vilhjalmur
Format: Book Part
Language:unknown
Published: Oxford University PressNew York, NY 1990
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780195061024.003.0024
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Summary:Abstract Vilhjalmur Stefansson (1879-1962) and Rudolph M. Anderson led one of the earliest expeditions into the high Arctic, studying the anthropology and biology of the northern Mackenzie and southern Franklin districts of the Canadian Northwest Territories from 1908 through 1912. Stefansson and Ander son returned and explored the western Canadian Arctic, including Herschel Island, from 1913 through 1918. Stefansson also actively explored the northern and western coasts of Alaska.