Northern chronicle, 1930-1934(?).

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Northern chronicle, 1930-1934(?).

Typescript of Mirsky's book, Northern chronicle : the story of Arctic exploration (published as: To the North : the story of Arctic exploration from earliest times to the present. -- New York : Viking Press, c1934), with comments and corrections made by Vilhjalmur Stefansson.

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Mirsky, Jeannette, 1903-1987

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Jeannette Mirsky was born in Badley Beach New Jersey in 1903. A graduate student in anthropology from Columbia she married Edward Ginsburg. She is the author of several works on Arctic exploration From the guide to the Jeannette Mirsky collection, 1935, (Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge) ...

Stefansson, Vilhjalmur, 1879-1962

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Vilhjalmur Stefansson was born on November 3, 1879 in Arnes, Manitoba, Canada. He attended the University of North Dakota from 1897-1902. He was voted the best orator in 1900, and also worked for the school newspaper. In 1930 he was awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws degree, only the third such degree awarded. He then transferred to the University of Iowa and graduated in 1903 with a degree from the School of Liberal Arts. He next enrolled at Harvard, graduating with a Master of Arts degree in 1...