01425cam a2200289 i 4500 283106478 TxAuBib 20020326120000.0 020326s1986||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780774802475 $15.00 0774802472 $15.00 TxAuBib rda Hunt, William R. Stef : A Biography of Vilhjalmur Stefansson, Canadian Arctic Explorer / William R. Hunt. Vancouver : University of British Columbia Press, 1986. 317 p : hardbound. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes index. Bibliography: p. [291]-311. Following Stefansson from his childhood in Manitoba through his characteristically unconventional education. Hunt focuses on his pursuits as an explorer and public personality. Having had access to Stefansson's large private correspondence the author examines the major interpersonal conflicts in his career and evaluates Stefansson's relationship with the Canadian government and with the scientists of the Canadian Arctic expediton. 20020326. Stefansson, Vilhjalmur 1879-1962 1879-1962. Explorers Canada Biography. Arctic regions Discovery and exploration Canadian.