Vilhjalmur Stefansson (1879-1962)

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Author: Finnie, Richard S.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1982
• Subjects: Biographies; Copper Eskimos; Expeditions; Explorers; History; Karluk (Ship); Stefansson; Vilhjalmur; 1879-1962; Copper River (60 18 N; 145 03 W) region; Alaska; Mackenzie Delta; N.W.T; Queen Elizabeth Islands waters; N.W.T./Nunavut; Victoria Island; Arctic; Nunavut; Mackenzie River; Parry; Coronation Gulf; Cape Parry; eskimo*; Mackenzie river; Queen Elizabeth Islands
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65389

One of the last great arctic explorers of the era of boats, dogs, and sledges, Vilhjalmur Stefansson was also a highly articulate and innovative spokesman for the North. He is best known for his field work in anthropology and for his outspoken defence of the North as a rich and habitable land. . He...