Travelling passions : the hidden life of Vilhjalmur Stefansson / by Gisli Palsson ; translated from the Icelandic by Keneva Kunz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gísli Pálsson, 1949-

Contributor:

Kunz, Keneva.

Standardized Title:

Fraedg og firnindi. English.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Stefansson, Vilhjalmur, 1879-1962.

Stefansson, Vilhjalmur.

Stefansson, Vilhjalmur, 1879-1962--Relations with women.

Explorers--Canada--Biography.

Explorers.

Anthropologists--Canada--Biography.

Anthropologists.

Canada, Northern--Discovery and exploration.

Canada, Northern.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (393 p.)

Place of Publication:

Winnipeg, Man. : University of Manitoba Press, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Vilhjalmur Stefansson has long been known for his groundbreaking work as an anthropologist and expert on Arctic peoples. His three expeditions to the Canadian Arctic in the early 1900s, as well as his expertise in northern anthropology, helped create his public image as an heroic, Hemingway-esque figure in the annals of twentieth-century exploration. But the emotional and private life of Stefansson the man have remained hidden, until now. New evidence of this other life has recently been discovered: a collection of love letters between Stefansson and his fiance Orpha Cecil Smith were found in a New Hampshire flea market; Stefansson's field diaries have revealed elegant essays and insightful commentary on Inupiat society; baptismal records have revealed that Stefansson had a son, Alex, with his informant and guide, Fanny Pannigabluk; and through Web searches and a private detective, Palsson found and conducted interviews with the descendents of both Cecil Smith and Alex Stefansson. Travelling Passions sheds new light on Stefanssonís life and work, focussing on the tension between his private life and the theories that brought his name to the halls of fame. Palsson draws a clear, vivid, and in many ways unexpected picture of the mythical figure of Stefansson.

Contents:

""COVER""; ""Contents""; ""Foreword""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Introduction: Hard Facts and Emotive Fluff""; ""One: Formative Years""; ""Two: The Bone Collector""; ""Three: My Little Wife""; ""Four: Among Inuit""; ""Five: To the ""Blond Eskimos""""; ""Six: In the Wake of the Karluk""; ""Seven: Farewell to Family Life""; ""Eight: Back to Civilization""; ""Nine: The Saga of Alex Stefansson""; ""Ten: The Dartmouth Years""; ""Eleven: The Super Eskimo""; ""Twelve: Love and Fame""; ""Epilogue""; ""A Chronology""; ""Endnotes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""; ""PERSONS""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""

""E""""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q�R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U�Z""; ""PLACES""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D�E""; ""F�G""; ""H""; ""I�K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q�R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U�Z""

Notes:

Translation of: Fraegd og firnindi.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613091369

9781283091367

1283091364

9780887553905

0887553907

OCLC:

243613870