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Vilhjalmur Stefansson
Canadian-born explorer (–)
Vilhjalmur Stefansson (November 3, – August 26, ) was an Arctic explorer and ethnologist. He was born in Manitoba, Canada.
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Early life and education
Stefansson, born William Stephenson, was born at Arnes, Manitoba, Canada, in His parents had emigrated from Iceland to Manitoba two years earlier. After losing two children during a period of devastating flooding, the family moved to Dakota Territory in and homesteaded a mile southwest of the village of Mountain in Thingvalla Township of Pembina County.
He was educated at the universities of North Dakota and of Iowa (A.B., ). During his college years, in , he changed his name to Vilhjalmur Stefansson.
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He studied anthropology at the graduate school of Harvard University, where for two years he was an instructor.
Early explorations
In and , Stefansson did archaeological research in Iceland. Recruited by Ejnar Mikkelsen and Ernest de Koven Leffingwell for their Anglo-America