Autor: Vilhjalmur Stefansson

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Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. HE plans of my …

Pytheas, around whom centers the question of Thule, was considered for two thousand years the champion liar of antiquity. After perhaps the most overdue of rehabilitations, he is now in our books and …

The author details his experiment in extreme nutrition. This famous book extols the virtues of meat in the human …

The author details his experiment in extreme nutrition, an enlarged edition of, ‘Not by Bread Alone.’ The book extols the virtues of meat in the human …

When first you leave home to travel in a foreign land you receive impressions more vivid than those of any later journey to the same country. If you at once rush your views and observations into …

The plans of my second expedition took gradual shape during the years 1906-1907, while I was still north of the Arctic circle engaged in the work of my first expedition. It was once intended that I …

Between 1906 and 1918, anthropologist and explorer Vilhjalmur Stefansson went on three long expeditions to the Alaskan and Canadian Arctic. For supplies he relied heavily on local resources, and he …

… They took me into their houses and treated me hospitably and courteously, but exactly as if I were one of them. They gave me clothes to wear and food to eat, I helped them in their work and …

In the present book I have tried by means of diaries and memory to go back to the vivid impressions of my first year among the Eskimos for the story of what I saw and heard. I have tried to tell the …

Vilhjalmur Stefansson has had the extraordinary privilege and the rare merit to know intimately certain segments of the world which will always be strange to most of us. He has had the alertness to …

“L'agricoltura è stata un potente fattore di abbassamento dell'efficienza umana così come di avanzamento della civiltà… Praticamente ogni passo di progresso …

‘Alcune malattie comuni in Europa non sono venute sotto la mia attenzione durante una prolungata e attenta indagine sulla salute degli eschimesi. Di queste malattie la più sorprendente è il cancro. …

"La agricultura ha sido un poderoso factor en la disminución de la eficiencia humana, así como en el avance de la civilización… Prácticamente cada paso de progreso …

‘Algunas enfermedades comunes en Europa no han llamado mi atención durante una prolongada y cuidadosa investigación de la salud de los esquimales. De estas enfermedades, la más llamativa es el …

‘Einige in Europa verbreitete Krankheiten sind mir bei einer längeren und sorgfältigen Untersuchung der Gesundheit der Eskimos nicht aufgefallen. Von diesen Krankheiten ist die überraschendste der …

‘Certaines maladies courantes en Europe n’ont pas été portées à mon attention au cours d’une enquête prolongée et minutieuse sur la santé des Esquimaux. Parmi ces maladies, la plus frappante est le …

‘Algumas doenças comuns na Europa não chegaram ao meu conhecimento durante uma investigação prolongada e cuidadosa sobre a saúde dos esquimós. Destas doenças, a mais surpreendente é o câncer. Eu não …

"L'agriculture a été un puissant facteur d'abaissement de l'efficacité humaine aussi bien que de progrès de la civilisation… Pratiquement chaque …

"Die Landwirtschaft war ein mächtiger Faktor, der sowohl die menschliche Effizienz senkte als auch die Zivilisation voranbrachte… Praktisch jeder Schritt des Fortschritts wird von …

The author details his experiment in extreme nutrition, an enlarged edition of, "Not by Bread Alone." The book extols the virtues of meat in the human …