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The Friendly Arctic; the Story of Five Years in Polar Regions

Vilhjalmur 1879-1962 Stefansson

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The MeatEater Podcast

This book, written by Vilhjalmur Stefansson, was mentioned. It details how small groups of people can survive in the Arctic and was heavily contested by Amundsen.

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Steffensen's book, "The Friendly Arctic"

— Episode: Ep. 395: When Things Go South Up North

Episode: Ep. 395: When Things Go South Up North

This book, written by Vilhjalmur Stefansson, was mentioned. It details how small groups of people can survive in the Arctic and was heavily contested by Amundsen.

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Steffensen's book, "The Friendly Arctic"

So he resurfaces. Okay. And now he's, he is, his books are selling. He's writes, he's written My Life with the Eskimo and he also writes The Friendly Arctic, which is a great title for a book in which most people die.

He's like... What you do is you take off as soon as things look bad.

He's like, this is actually irresponsible because you're, you're making it sound like any Yeho can just go with a rifle and live off the ice. And it's like most of the people that would try that are going to die, you know?

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