Vilhjalmur stefansson biography templates

Arctic explorer.

Born at Arnes on 3 November 1879, son of Johann Stefansson and Ingibjorg Johannesdottir, he was educated at Preparatory Department and State University of North Dakota (BA), State University of Iowa (1903), Harvard Divinity School (1903-1904), the Harvard Graduate School (1905-1906, LLD), and University of Michigan (1921).

He undertook his first archaeological expedition to Iceland under the auspices of the Peabody Museum of Harvard in 1905.

Vilhjalmur stefansson biography templates

From 1906-1907, he accompanied the Leffingwell-Mikkelsen ethnological expedition to the Inuit of the Mackenzie Delta. From 1903 to 1912 he made a series of ethnological surveys of the Arctic coast, ending with a year’s residence among the Inuit.

From 1913-1918, he headed a Canadian Arctic Expedition, making a 600-mile overland journey with sleds and dogs in 1914. He discovered new islands and learned much abou