Vilhjalmur Stefansson
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Vilhjalmur Stefansson was an Arctic explorer and ethnologist. He was born in Manitoba, Canada.
Stefansson, c. 1915
Stefansson in 1961
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Wrangel Island
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Wrangel Island is an island of the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia. It is the 92nd-largest island in the world and roughly the size of Crete. Located in the Arctic Ocean between the Chukchi Sea and
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…including Alistair Mackay who had been part of the Nimrod Expedition (British Antarctic Expedition, 1907–09), led by Sir Ernest Shackleton, tried reaching Wrangel Island on their own but perished. The remaining members of the expedition, under command of Captain Bartlett, made their way to Wrangel Island where three of…
Wrangel Island in October 2018
Polar bear on Wrangel Island
Arctic tundra on Wrangel Island
Woolly mammoth and muskox remains displayed on Wrangel Island, where mammoths survived until 4,000 years ago