Stefansson and the Canadian Arctic

Name: Stefansson and the Canadian Arctic
ISBN: 9780773518155

Publisher:: Mcgill Queens Univ Pr
Release Date:: 1 September 1999
Status:: Check Availability
ISBN:: 9780773518155

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Vilhjalmur Stefansson (1879-1962) was Canada's greatest modern arctic explorer, theorist, writer, and pioneer ethnologist. For the first quarter of the twentieth century his ideas captured the imagination of Canadians and gave them a sense of Canada's northern destiny. However, by the mid-1920s he had become persona non grata in Canada, although he remained an acknowledged arctic expert elsewhere in the world. Even today Stefansson's character is the subject of debate. His admirers consider him a prophet and visionary; his critics consider him a charlatan, a manipulator, and, in some instances, a liar. In this award-winning book Richard Diubaldo explores the controversy surrounding Stefansson and his achievements and the reasons Canada rejected one of its biggest supporters.

ISBN 9780773518155