February 1, 2020. Stefansson, Vilhjalmur. My Life with the Eskimo; The Macmillan Company, New York, 1912. Stefansson, Vilhjalmur. Stefánsson-Anderson Expedition...
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Melbourne, Australia. Vilhjálmur grew up in the East-Icelandic fishing village of Reyðarfjörður and was the son of Einar Stefánsson and Sigríður Vilhjálmsdóttir...
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Look up Vilhjálmur in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Vilhjálmur [ˈvɪlˌçaulmʏr̥] or Vilhjalmur is an Icelandic masculine given name and may refer to:...
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Þorleifur Skaftason, priest and Galdrmaster Þorvaldur Eríksson Vilhjálmur Stefánsson, Western Icelander, Arctic explorer Þóra Magnúsdóttir, born 1100...
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was travelling with Canadian explorer Vilhjalmur Stefansson (1879-1962), for whom the island was named. "Stefansson Island". Geographical Names Data Base...
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Blond Eskimos (section Stefansson's speculations)
Eskimo" to Vilhjalmur Stefansson just before Stefansson's visit to the Inuit inhabiting southwestern Victoria Island, in 1910. Stefansson, however, preferred...
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Stefansson Strait was first sighted by Sir Hubert Wilkins at the south end of his flight of December 20, 1928, and was named by him for Vilhjalmur Stefansson...
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Wrangel Island (redirect from Second Stefansson expedition)
In 1914, members of the Canadian Arctic Expedition, organized by Vilhjalmur Stefansson, were marooned on Wrangel Island for nine months after their ship...
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Canadian anthropologist Vilhjalmur Stefansson, and had both scientific and geographic purposes. Shortly after Karluk was trapped, Stefansson left the ship with...
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include: 1914 – Robert E. Peary 1917 – William Curtis Farabee 1918 – Vilhjalmur Stefansson 1919 – Cândido Mariano da Silva Rondon 1923 – Adolphus W. Greely...
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Vilhjalmur Stefansson in 1915 and it was later named for Reginald W. Brock, Dean of Applied Science at the University of British Columbia. Stefansson...
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explorer Allan Crawford but financed, planned and encouraged by Vilhjalmur Stefansson. Stefansson remained behind to fundraise for another exploration to search...
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Stefán Karl Stefánsson (1975–2018), Icelandic film and stage actor Stefán Vagn Stefánsson (born 1972), Icelandic politician Vilhjalmur Stefansson (1879–1962)...
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region along the banks of the Amur river. Canadian Arctic explorer Vilhjalmur Stefansson was vice president of Ambijan, or the American Committee for the...
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1913 he was a sailor on the Elvira and travelled with the explorer Vilhjalmur Stefansson. After briefly working as a reindeer herder in Siberia, he enlisted...
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scientific expedition in the Arctic Circle organized and led by Vilhjalmur Stefansson. The expedition was originally to be sponsored by the (US) National...
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Robert Peary 1913–1918: Canadian Arctic Expedition 1913–1916 led by Vilhjalmur Stefansson, initially in HMCS Karluk which was lost in 1913 and explored land...
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(with Sigurður Thorlacius) Vilhjalmur Stefansson and Violet Irwin 1935: Kak II (with Sigurður Thorlacius) Vilhjalmur Stefansson and Violet Irwin 1935: Mamma...
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material". www.christies.com. Retrieved 2022-10-25. Vilhjalmur Stefansson and Eleanor Stefansson Nef Papers, National Archives, Washington, D.C. "Guide...
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Nansen in 1905, and in 1916 and 1917 Storker T. Storkerson, of Vilhjalmur Stefansson's Canadian Arctic Expedition, charted its northeast coast, sighting...
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defined this section of the coast more accurately. It was named for Vilhjalmur Stefansson, Arctic explorer. 67°20′S 59°8′E / 67.333°S 59.133°E / -67.333;...
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Birnirk culture, a pre-Thule culture first identified in 1912 by Vilhjalmur Stefansson while excavating in the area.: 72 The settlement was called Nuvuk...
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1908 to 1912 and was part of the Canadian Arctic Expedition led by Vilhjalmur Stefansson from 1913 to 1916. Anderson joined the Explorers Club in New York...
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26th largest island. The first known visit to the island was by Vilhjalmur Stefansson in 1915, and it was later named for William Lyon Mackenzie King...
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110th meridian west. The first known sighting of the island was by Vilhjalmur Stefansson in 1916, it was originally described as a single landmass. However...
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Simonov Paul Siple Mikhail Somov Pavel Senko Mikhail Stadukhin Vilhjalmur Stefansson Will Steger Otto Sverdrup Robert Swan Eduard Toll Yevgeny Tolstikov...
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Robert, Arctic Living: the Story of Grimsey, [with] foreword by Vilhjalmur Stefansson, Toronto, Ont.: Ryerson Press, 1955. Wikimedia Commons has media...
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Smallwood (1998) Donald Alexander Smith (1970) Léopold Simoneau (2006) Vilhjalmur Stefansson (1989) Emily Stowe (1981) Marc Aurèle de Foy Suzor-Coté (1969) Jean...
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countries intensified their efforts. In 1921, an expedition financed by Vilhjalmur Stefansson and led by Canadian Allan Crawford attempted to settle a small party...
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August 20 – Joseph-Arsène Bonnier, politician (b. 1879) August 26 – Vilhjalmur Stefansson, Arctic explorer and ethnologist (b. 1879) October 23 – John Thomas...
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