Stefansson

[stef-uhn-suhn]

noun

1. Vilhjalmur 1879–1962, U.S. Arctic explorer and author, born in Canada.

Stefansson

/ ˈstɛfənsən /

noun

1. Vilhjalmur (ˈvɪlˌhjaʊmɛr). 1879–1962, Canadian explorer, noted for his books on the Inuit

Example Sentences

The outing is the brainchild of Vilhjalmur Stefansson, a polar adventurer and the Explorers Club’s president, who is bent on proving that “a family can now live at the North Pole as comfortably as it can in Hawaii.”

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Supplies are purposely light because Stefansson wants the group to demonstrate how easy it is to live off the land.

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Stefansson’s telegrams to the dead men’s families are perfunctory.

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The instrument has already yielded critical information in the discovery and confirmation of new planets, Stefánsson explained, but the discovery of the planet LHS 3154b exceeded all expectations.

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Bjarni Stefansson, a local taxi driver, described a scene of confusion when he arrived at the Retreat Hotel, where lava rocks had fallen on the roadway and the parking lot was jammed with 20 to 30 cabs.

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