Stef: A Biography of Vilhjalmur Stefansson, Canadian Arctic ExplorerUniversity of British Columbia Press, 1986 - 317 pages Scholarly biography which examines all of Stefansson's varied careers. |
Contents
An Unlikely Profession | 1 |
The University Years | 6 |
First Arctic Venture | 18 |
Copyright | |
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