Age, Biography and Wiki
Birth Day | November 3, 1879 |
Birth Place | Canada |
Age | 140 YEARS OLD |
Birth Sign | Scorpio |
Net worth: $100K - $1M
About
Polar explorer who challenged many of the conventions about the North Pole.
Before Fame
He spent a winter living with the Inuit people and learning their culture.
Trivia
Instead of thinking of the North Pole as a frozen wilderness with uncivilized natives, he called it the Polar Mediterranean where three continents joined together.
Family Life
His parents were Icelandic immigrants to Canada.
Associated With
Previous arctic explorers like Joseph Rene Bellot ignored the people of the land, but Stefansson studied them.