EXPLORER’S DEATH
Stefansson Was 82 (N.Z. Press Assn.—Copyright) HANOVER (New Hampshire), August 27. The explorer and scientist. Mr Vilhjamur Stefansson, who died at the age of 82 yesterday, predicted nearly 50 years ago air traffic over the North Pole and submarines beneath it. One of the last dog-sled explorers. Mr Stefansson began his Arctic explorations in 1904 and in the next 15 years spent 10 winters and 13 summers in the far north. Five years after his last polar trip he made a trip to explore the interior regions of Australia and New Zealand. the Associated Press reported. Mr Stefansson was Arctic consultant at Dartmouth College and curator of the Stefansson Collection of Polar Literature since 1947. He wrote about 24 books and more than 400 articles about the far north and its people. The subjects encompassed many fields, including anthropology. geopolitics, economics, linguistics, medicine, ethnography and religion. The dominant themes were that the far north was a friendly habitable place with tremendous untapped resources and that it would one day become a global cross roads. He was born in Manitoba. Canada.
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Press, Volume CI, Issue 29913, 29 August 1962, Page 18
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