Explorer without a country: The question of Vilhjalmur Stefansson's citizenship

• Published in: Polar Record
• Main Authors: Cavell, J. (Janice), Noakes, J. (Jeff)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: Arctic; Stefansson; Polar Record
• Online Access: https://ir.library.carleton.ca/pub/15614; https://doi.org/10.1017/S0032247408008140

Confusion has long existed on the subject of Vilhjalmur Stefansson's citizenship. A Canadian (that is, a British subject) by birth, Stefansson was brought up and educated in the United States. When his father became an American citizen in 1887, according to the laws of the time Stefansson too b...