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 has found and conducted interviews with the descendants of both Cecil Smith and Alex Stefansson. Travelling Passions sheds new light on Stefansson's life and work, focusing 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.
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Table of 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
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