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Vilhjalmur Stefansson, of New York...
Among those awarded higher degrees by the University was the well-known Aretic explorer Vilhjalmur Stefansson, who was made a Master of Arts on the basis of advanced study in anthropology which he did at the University during the years 1903-1906. At that time Stefansson did not apply for a degree, but his work was of such quality that on his recent application he was granted...
...Stefansson, the Arctic explorer, has laid claim to Wrangel Island, for the British Government, on the grounds that the vanguard of his expedition composed of himself, four Eskimos and four Americans, raised the British Flag there last September. The claim would be merely interesting if it were only a case of discovery but like most actions at present it has grave international complications...
According to international law, more-over, territory may be acquired either by cession and conquest or by discovery and occupation, and discovery surely gives the United States a prior and just claim on Wrangel Land. Stefansson, on the other hand, states that the United States has allowed her claim to lapse by not occupying her possession and exercising dominion over it,--and the polar bears. And we are forced to admit that the statement is true, since the United States has not, to the best of our knowledge, established there a Governor General and stuff, nor yet, strangely enough, attempted...
...Macmillan Company is the publisher of "The Friendly Arctic", which tells the story of Stefansson's latest expedition to the Far North...