VILHJALMUR STEFANSSON - TYPED LETTER SIGNED 11/08/1948 - HFSID 312322
Sale Price $315.00
Reg. $375.00
VILHJALMUR STEFANSSON
The Arctic explorer apologizes for tardily declining a speaking
request.
Typed Letter signed: "V. Stefansson", 1 page, 8x10½. Summer
Address/Dearing Farm, Bethel, Vermont, 1948 November8. To Mr. Vern Steele,
Triangle Club, Gloversville, New York. In full: "I am ashamed. When
your letter of October 11 arrived I knew I could not possibly accept your
invitation for a talk at Gloversville but I meant to write you at once to thank
you for the invitation. Now as we are packing up to leave for New York your
[handwritten: unanswered ] letter stares me
accusingly in the face. I am guilty and sorry." Vilhjalmur Stefansson
(1879-1962) was an Arctic explorer and scientist who spent a total of ten
winters and seven summers exploring Canada's northern regions. Stefansson,
referred to as the "Prophet of the North", covered a distance of nearly
20,000 miles in his travels on foot and by dogsled, living among and adopting
the clothing and habits of the native Inuit people. Stefansson, who became a
lecturer at Dartmouth in the 1930s and 1940s, did much to change the image of
the Arctic through his lectures and writings, portraying the region as friendly
and hospitable. Normal mailing folds. Lightly creased in lower margin.
Pencil note (in unknown hand) on verso (no show-through). Otherwise, fine
condition.
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