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Body of water in Palmer Land, Antarctica
Stefansson Strait (69°26′S 62°25′W / 69.433°S 62.417°W / -69.433; -62.417 (Stefansson Strait)) is an ice-filled strait 35 nautical miles (65 km; 40 mi)
Stefansson_Strait
Russian island in the Arctic Ocean
The explorers were handpicked by Stefansson based upon their previous experience and academic credentials. Stefansson considered those with advanced knowledge
Wrangel_Island
Dolphin and Union Strait lies in both the Northwest Territories (Inuvik Region) and Nunavut (Kitikmeot Region), Canada, between the mainland and Victoria
Dolphin_and_Union_Strait
Light-haired Inuit from the Coronation Gulf area of Canada
Eskimo" to Vilhjalmur Stefansson just before Stefansson's visit to the Inuit inhabiting southwestern Victoria Island, in 1910. Stefansson, however, preferred
Blond_Eskimos
Peninsula located in Antarctica
Hubert Wilkins sighted and named "Cape Eielson" from a position above Stefansson Strait (Wilkins gave the name to the farthest south rock outcrop seen from
Eielson_Peninsula
the Antarctic Peninsula to its east side. He continued southward to Stefansson Strait and Hearst Island, which lie midway along Wilkins Coast. Alberts 1995
Wilkins_Coast
Body of water in Palmer Land, Antarctica
beside the Weddell Sea to the east. It is north of Scripps Heights and Stefansson Strait, south of Revelle Inlet and the Hollick-Kenyon Peninsula, southeast
Casey_Inlet
Island in Arctic Canada
the Goldsmith Channel,map12 the body of water separating Victoria from Stefansson Island.map13 The Storkerson Peninsula is separated from the island's north-central
Victoria_Island
Mountains in Antarctica
Sea to the east. They are southwest of Casey Inlet and northwest of Stefansson Strait. They are northeast of the Eternity Range, east of Wakefield Highland
Scripps_Heights
Bay in the Northwest Territories, Canada
These bays are a part of Aulavik National Park. It is named by Vilhjalmur Stefansson in honour of Arctic explorer Aarnout Castel. "Castel Bay". Geographical
Castel_Bay
Subgroup of Copper Inuit
western Victoria Strait, and Denmark Bay. According to the Arctic explorer Vilhjalmur Stefansson, the Ekalluktogmiut winter hunt on Dease Strait. Iqaluktuurmiutat:
Ekalluktogmiut
Month of 1928
in Antarctica from the air during a 10-hour flight. Casey Glacier, Stefansson Strait, Hearst Island, Mobiloil Inlet, Scripps Heights, Cape Northrop, Wilkins
December_1928
Island in Nunavut, Canada
Strait to the northeast, and the Rae Strait to the east. To the west is the Victoria Strait and beyond it Victoria Island. Within the Simpson Strait,
King_William_Island
Island in Nunavut, Canada
Canadian Arctic Expedition led by Vilhjalmur Stefansson sighted and landed on Meighen Island. Stefansson at first believed that he had been the first
Meighen_Island
Island in Nunavut, Canada
Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Stefansson, Vilhjalmur (1914). The Stefánsson-Anderson Arctic Expedition of the American Museum: Preliminary
Sutton_Island_(Nunavut)
Uninhabited island in the Arctic Archipelago
The first known sighting of the island by Europeans was by Vilhjalmur Stefansson in 1916, it was originally described as a single landmass. However, in
Borden_Island
Sea route north of North America
Wales Strait on the northwest side of Victoria Island. M'Clure Strait to the northwest is ice-filled; southwest through the Prince of Wales Strait between
Northwest_Passage
English explorer (born 1944)
Dolphin and Union Strait following the south coast of Victoria Island and King William Island, north to Resolute Bay via the Franklin Strait and Peel Sound
Ranulph_Fiennes
(Hudson Bay) Somerset Island Southampton Island South Tweedsmuir Island Stefansson Island Tennent Islands Umingmalik (formerly Gateshead Island) Victoria
List_of_islands_of_Canada
Inuit in Canada
trading ships returned to Copper Inuit territory. They followed Vilhjalmur Stefansson's encounter with, and report on, so-called Blond Eskimos among the Copper
Copper_Inuit
Bay in Nunavut, Canada
Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Stefansson, Vilhjalmur (1914). The Stefánsson-Anderson Arctic Expedition of the American Museum: Preliminary
Albert_Edward_Bay
Sailing ship built in Seattle, Washington, US
Service cutter Bear. Earlier that season, Bear had attempted to rescue the Stefansson expedition survivors, stranded in the Arctic since the sinking of their
King & Winge (fishing schooner)
King_&_Winge_(fishing_schooner)
Scottish explorer (1808–1840)
lead to charges against them. Famed explorer and historian Vilhjalmur Stefansson included the Simpson case in his 1938 book Unsolved Mysteries of the Arctic
Thomas_Simpson_(explorer)
River in Canada
at its juncture with Dolphin and Union Strait, between Deas Thompson Point and Tysoe Point. During the Stefánsson-Anderson Arctic expedition of 1908–12
Roscoe_River
unaware that Victoria Island was an island. Arctic explorer Vilhjalmur Stefansson discovered the Hanergmiut on May 17, 1910. At the time, the Haneragmiut
Haneragmiut
Headland in Nunavut, Canada
Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved May 21, 2024. Stefansson, Vilhjalmur (1914). The Stefánsson-Anderson Arctic Expedition of the American Museum: Preliminary
Cape_Bexley
Easternmost point of the Asian continent
Ralph T. (1916). The last voyage of the Karluk : flagship of Vilhjalmar Stefansson's Canadian Arctic Expedition of 1913-16. McClelland, Toronto.{{cite book}}:
Cape_Dezhnyov
Food mix with long shelf life, sometimes used as survival food
Number: 58-59666 Stefansson, Vilhjalmur (1946). Not by Bread Alone. New York: MacMillan Company. pp. 211, 270. OCLC 989807. Stefansson, Vilhjalmur (1946)
Pemmican
1845–48 British failed Arctic exploration
their crews, a total of 129 officers and men, became icebound in Victoria Strait near King William Island in what is today the Canadian territory of Nunavut
Franklin's_lost_expedition
Subgroup of Copper Inuit
partners included the Haneragmiut and the Puiplirmiut. Stefansson, Vilhjalmur (1914). The Stefánsson-Anderson Arctic Expedition of the American Museum: Preliminary
Akuliakattagmiut
Passage 1557: English expedition led by Stephen Borough reaches the Kara Strait 1576–1578: English expeditions led by Martin Frobisher reach Baffin Island
List_of_Arctic_expeditions
Strait in Northern Canada
The Hazen Strait (77°00′N 110°30′W / 77.000°N 110.500°W / 77.000; -110.500 (Hazen Strait)) is a natural waterway through the Queen Elisabeth Islands
Hazen_Strait
Uninhabited island in the Arctic Archipelago
European to visit the island was Gunnar Isachsen in 1901. Vilhjalmur Stefansson charted its southern coast in 1916. In 1970, Panarctic Oils drilled an
King_Christian_Island
Russian explorer (1605–1673)
an explorer of Siberia and the first European to sail through the Bering Strait, 80 years before Vitus Bering did. In 1648 he sailed from the Kolyma River
Semyon_Dezhnev
First-level administrative division of Russia
Kamchatka Krai to the south, as well as a maritime border on the Bering Strait with the U.S. state of Alaska to the east. Anadyr is the largest town and
Chukotka_Autonomous_Okrug
Former village at Point Barrow, Alaska, US
description of the material culture collected by the expedition. Vilhjalmur Stefansson, came to the Barrow area in 1912 and spent some time with Charles Brower
Nuvuk_site
Royal Navy Admiral and explorer (1811–1883)
of Banks Island and saw an open strait tending northeast. This was the Prince of Wales Strait. He entered the strait thinking that he might have found
Richard_Collinson
Area of coastal Canada explored by Norse Vikings
about the New World. The earliest map of Vinland was drawn by Sigurd Stefansson, a schoolmaster at Skalholt, Iceland, around 1570, which placed Vinland
Vinland
Island in Nunavut, Canada
in the Kitikmeot of Nunavut, Canada. The island is situated in Victoria Strait (Queen Maud Gulf) approximately 110 km (68 mi) southeast of Victoria Island
Putulik
Marginal sea of the Arctic Ocean north of the Bering Strait
passed the Bering Strait and steamed towards the Pacific Ocean. In 1913, Karluk, abandoned by expedition leader Vilhjalmur Stefansson, drifted in the ice
Chukchi_Sea
Overview of political and geographical subdivisions by area
Second largest ocean, including adjacent Denmark Strait, Greenland Sea, Norwegian Sea, Barents Sea, Strait of Gibraltar and Mediterranean Sea, Black Sea
List of political and geographic subdivisions by total area (all)
List_of_political_and_geographic_subdivisions_by_total_area_(all)
American polar explorer (1844–1881)
OCLC 3109240. De Long, E. W. (1938). Explorer's Wife. Introduction by Vilhjalmur Stefansson. New York: Dodd, Mead & Co. OCLC 1509876. De Long, G. W. (1884). The Voyage
George_W._De_Long
American mariner
the area to Stefansson, as well as bringing him supplies from the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. In 1908, Stefansson hired Leavitt's
George_Baker_Leavitt_Sr.
Oceanic division
North America, and the borders follow topographic features: the Bering Strait on the Pacific side and the Greenland Scotland Ridge on the Atlantic side
Arctic_Ocean
Migratory population of caribou
(1913) Report on natural history collections of the [Stéfansson-Anderson] expedition. In: Stefansson V (Ed) My life with the Eskimo. MacMillan, New York
Dolphin-Union_caribou
Ethnic group
1920s, anthropologist Vilhjalmur Stefansson lived with and studied a group of Inuit. The study focused on Stefansson's observation that Inuit's low-carbohydrate
Inuit
Hecla-class bomb vessel best known for Antarctic and Arctic exploration
Franklin expedition. The sunken wreck was discovered by the Canadian Victoria Strait expedition in September 2014. After two years' service in the Mediterranean
HMS_Erebus_(1826)
Waterfall in Nunavut, Canada
149. ISBN 0-8108-5058-3. Retrieved 26 January 2011. Stefansson, Vilhjalmur (1914). The Stefánsson-Anderson Arctic Expedition of the American Museum: Preliminary
Bloody_Falls
Peninsula in Nunavut, Canada
Books. p. 139. ISBN 0-7867-1156-6.[permanent dead link] Stefansson, Vilhjalmur (1914). The Stefánsson-Anderson Arctic Expedition of the American Museum: Preliminary
Kiillinnguyaq
Russian explorer and geodesist
doing this, Fyodorov and Gvozdev completed the discovery of the Bering Strait, once started by Semyon Dezhnyov and Fedot Alekseyev and continued by Bering
Mikhail_Gvozdev
Island in Nunavut, Canada
Kitikmeot Region within the northern Canadian Arctic. It is in Franklin Strait, west of the mainland's Boothia Peninsula, and 26.5 km (16.5 mi) southwest
Gibson_Island_(Nunavut)
English explorer (c. 1565 – after 1611)
for the Northwest Passage, Hudson became the first European to see Hudson Strait and the immense Hudson Bay. In 1611, after wintering on the shore of James
Henry_Hudson
Species of mammal
1007/s00227-001-0710-8. Bloch, D., Desportes, G., Mouritsen, R., Skaaning, S. and Stefansson, E. (1993). An introduction to studies of the ecology and status of the
Long-finned_pilot_whale
Royal Navy Admiral (1796–1878)
He reached Hudson Strait on the first of August. By the end of the month, Terror was beset by ice somewhere east of Frozen Strait. It remained icebound
George_Back
Royal Navy officer and explorer (1796–1848?)
working from nor was he able to find the cairn itself. In 2014, the Victoria Strait Expedition found two items on Hat Island, in the Queen Maud Gulf, near King
Francis_Crozier
much of its south coast west to Mys Neupokoyeva. 1915–17 – Vilhjalmur Stefansson discovers Brock, Mackenzie King, Borden, Meighen, and Lougheed Islands;
Timeline of European exploration
Timeline_of_European_exploration
Uninhabited Canadian Arctic island
Canadian arctic islands in the Kitikmeot Region, Nunavut. It is located in Rae Strait, between King William Island and the Boothia Peninsula. Located at 69°29'N
Matty_Island
Abandoned settlement and bay in Nunavut, Canada
on the mainland of Nunavut, Canada. It is situated on Dolphin and Union Strait, southwest of Sutton Island. The closest inhabited community is Kugluktuk
Bernard_Harbour
Line of longitude
Stefansson Island, Victoria Island and the Finlayson Islands 69°6′N 106°0′W / 69.100°N 106.000°W / 69.100; -106.000 (Dease Strait) Dease Strait 68°54′N
106th_meridian_west
Landform in the Canadian Arctic territory of Nunavut
"PIN-3 Lady Franklin Point, Nunavut". The DEWLine. Retrieved 21 May 2024. Stefansson, Vilhjalmur (30 December 1914). "Prehistoric and Present Commerce among
Lady_Franklin_Point
Canadian islands in the Arctic Ocean
over island portions that drained into Foxe Basin, Hudson Bay and Hudson Strait. Canadian sovereignty over the islands was established by 1880 when Britain
Arctic_Archipelago
Expedition from south to north poles using only surface transport
through Dolphin and Union Strait following the South coast of Victoria and King William Islands, North, via Franklin Strait and Peel Sound, to Resolute
Transglobe_Expedition
5th-century BC Carthaginian explorer
London: John Murray. OCLC 819670798. Carpenter, Rhys (1966). Nef, Evelyn Stefansson (ed.). Beyond the Pillars of Heracles: The Classical World Seen through
Hanno_the_Navigator
Scottish explorer (1813–1893)
Committee Bay and went up the east coast hoping to reach the Fury and Hecla Strait, which William Edward Parry's men had seen in 1822. The weather was bad
John_Rae_(explorer)
First nuclear-powered submarine of the US Navy
in the Bering Strait. The ice extended as much as 60 ft (18 m) below sea level. During the initial attempt to go through the Bering Strait, there was insufficient
USS_Nautilus_(SSN-571)
20th-century Canadian Arctic explorer
enter McClure Strait to the northwest and, as usual, was blocked by ice. Next he turned southwest and passed through the Prince of Wales Strait, apparently
Henry_Larsen_(explorer)
Norwegian polar explorer (1872–1928)
Parry Channel and then south through Peel Sound, James Ross Strait, Simpson Strait and Rae Strait. They spent two winters at King William Island, in the harbour
Roald_Amundsen
"History: The Viking Adventure In Morocco". Ibn-Adhari, translated in Stefansson, Jon, "The Vikings in Spain. From Arabic (Moorish) and Spanish Sources"
List_of_wars_involving_Norway
Central Africa Henry Morton Stanley Welsh 19th East Africa Vilhjalmur Stefansson Icelandic Canadian 20th Canadian Arctic Marc Aurel Stein Hungarian-British
List_of_explorers
19th-century British polar expedition
Prince of Wales Strait. Instead, the expedition did a portage across Banks Island, crossed the Banks Strait, Melville Sound, Barrow Strait, and then entered
McClure_Arctic_expedition
Species of hominid in the genus Homo
0.CO;2-S. PMID 8741866. Jonsson H, Magnusdottir E, Eggertsson HP, Stefansson OA, Arnadottir GA, Eiriksson O, et al. (January 2021). "Differences between
Human
British naval officer and explorer (1786–1847)
John Franklin and the Northwest Passage,. Chicago: Rand McNally, 1965 Stefánsson, Vilhjálmur (1938). Unsolved Mysteries of the Arctic. Woodman, David C
John_Franklin
Island group in Nunavut, Canada
Nunavut. Part of the Arctic Archipelago, the island's are located in Franklin Strait, just west of Boothia Peninsula, which is part of the mainland. The islands
Tasmania_Islands
British explorer and naval officer (1728–1779)
cannibalism his crew had heard in Poverty Bay. Cook established that a strait separated the North Island from the South Island and then completed the
James_Cook
Island off the coast of Canada
the Kitikmeot Region of Nunavut, Canada. It is located in the Victoria Strait, south of Victoria Island's Collinson Peninsula. "Sea islands: Atlas of
Qikiqtagafaaluk
Danish-born Russian explorer (1681–1741)
from there the western coast of the North American continent. The Bering Strait, the Bering Sea, Bering Island, the Bering Glacier, and Vitus Lake were
Vitus_Bering
Canadian anthropologist
Arctic Expedition (CAE) that was led by two Arctic explorers - Vilhjalmur Stefansson and Rudolph Martin Anderson. He would be one of the two anthropologists
Diamond_Jenness
venture aimed to connect America to Europe by telegraph via the Bering Strait. Born in Hyde Park, New York, in 1813, he was named after American naval
Perry_Collins
Norse seafarers, merchants and raiders
1962) pp. lxix–lxx. Helgason, A.; Hickey, E.; Goodacre, S.; Bosnes, V.; Stefánsson, K. R.; Ward, R.; Sykes, B. (2001). "MtDNA and the Islands of the North
Vikings
Shipping route running along the Russian Arctic coast
the boundary between the Barents and Kara Seas (the Kara Strait) and ends in the Bering Strait (Cape Dezhnev). The NSR straddles the seas of the Arctic
Northern_Sea_Route
Russian admiral and White movement leader (1874–1920)
Vladivostok, these vessels were sent on a cartographic expedition to the Bering Strait and Cape Dezhnev. Kolchak commanded the Vaigach during this expedition and
Alexander_Kolchak
Hamlet in Nunavut, Canada
become known as Copper Inuit and are the same people that Vilhjalmur Stefansson called the Blond Eskimos. The main groups that lived or interacted in
Cambridge_Bay
Circles of latitude
117°W / 73.000; -108.117 (Canada) Canada Nunavut - Victoria Island and Stefansson Island 73°0′N 105°0′W / 73.000°N 105.000°W / 73.000; -105.000 (M'Clintock
Circles of latitude between the 70th parallel north and the 75th parallel north
Circles_of_latitude_between_the_70th_parallel_north_and_the_75th_parallel_north
Polar region of the Earth's northern hemisphere
Bering Sea Bering Strait Chukchi Sea Davis Strait Denmark Strait East Siberian Sea Greenland Sea Hudson Bay Kara Sea Laptev Sea Nares Strait Norwegian Sea
Arctic
Island in Nunavut, Canada
Nunavut, Canada. It is located in the Viscount Melville Sound, west of Stefansson Island, and north of Victoria Island. It is named for Bernhard Kilian
Kilian_Island
Russian explorer and naval officer (1787–1846)
Oceania and the western coast of North America and passed through the Bering Strait in search of a passage across the Arctic Ocean. His second voyage was intended
Otto_von_Kotzebue
Belgian naval officer and explorer (1866-1934)
the west, de Gerlache named the passage Belgica Strait. This strait was later renamed Gerlache Strait in his honour. After charting and naming several
Adrien_de_Gerlache
Line of longitude
passing just west of Stefansson Island, Nunavut, Canada (at 73°29′N 106°59′W / 73.483°N 106.983°W / 73.483; -106.983 (Stefansson Island)) 73°18′N 107°0′W
107th_meridian_west
Uninhabited island in the Arctic Archipelago
largest island. The first known visit to the island was by Vilhjalmur Stefansson in 1915, and it was later named for William Lyon Mackenzie King. "Mackenzie
Mackenzie_King_Island
Failed attempt to reach the North Pole by balloon
theory that has found a few adherents, such as the explorer Vilhjalmur Stefansson. The chief objection is that their primus stove had kerosene still in
Andrée's Arctic balloon expedition
Andrée's_Arctic_balloon_expedition
Ocean around Antarctica
across Bass Strait to Cape Wickham, King Island, along the west coast of King Island, then the remainder of the way south across Bass Strait to Cape Grim
Southern_Ocean
German privateer and nobleman (c. 1430–1491)
126. Nansen and Chater, 1911, p. 129. Nansen and Chater, 1911, p. 127. Stefansson, 2005, p. 84. Hughes, 2004, p. 515. Daae, 1887, p. 244. Daae, Ludvig (1887)
Didrik_Pining
17th-century Russian explorer
explorer who organized the first European expedition through the Bering Strait. He was normally known as Fedot Alekseyev. Only a few sources call him the
Fedot_Alekseyevich_Popov
Uninhabited in the Arctic Archipelago
Polar bear on an ice floe in Franklin Strait east of Prince of Wales Island in September 2019; the bloody trail shows its prey was dragged over the floe
Prince of Wales Island (Nunavut)
Prince_of_Wales_Island_(Nunavut)
English naval officer and hydrographer (1796–1856)
explore the Bering Strait in concert with Franklin and Parry operating from the east. In the summer of 1826, he passed the strait and a barge from his
Frederick_William_Beechey
British expedition of Arctic exploration
30 January 1920, The Pioche Record reported that explorer Vilhjalmur Stefansson discovered a lost cache from the 1853 McClintock expedition on Melville
McClintock_Arctic_expedition
Earth's southernmost continent
the Governorate of Terra Australis, which encompassed lands south of the Strait of Magellan and thus the then-hypothetical Antarctica, granting this Governorate
Antarctica
Russian Arctic explorer (died 1764)
Гаврилович Малыгин; died 1 August 1764) was a Russian Arctic explorer. Malygin Strait is named after him. Malygin studied at the Moscow School of Mathematics
Stepan_Malygin
17th-century English explorer
Maire Strait as desired, nor could he round Cape Saint John, the eastern tip of Staten Island "to sail into the No. Sea by Brouwer’s Strait" (no strait actually
Anthony_de_la_Roché
Uninhabited island in Nunavut, Canada
Prince Regent Inlet, from the Boothia Peninsula to the south by Bellot Strait, and from Prince of Wales Island to the west by Peel Sound. It has an area
Somerset_Island_(Nunavut)
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