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vilhjalmur stefansson

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Stef⋅ans⋅son

[stef-uhn-suhn]
–noun
Vil⋅hjal⋅mur [vil-hyoul-mer] , 1879–1962, U.S. arctic explorer and author, born in Canada.
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Ste·fáns·son   (stěf'ən-sən)   
Canadian-born explorer and ethnologist who studied the language and culture of the Inuit and Eskimo.
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Vilhjalmur Stefansson

explorer and ethnologist who spent five consecutive record-making years exploring vast areas of the Canadian Arctic after adapting himself to the Eskimo way of life.

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