Arctic Dreamer: The Lonely Quest of Vilhjalmur

Peter Raymont
Canada, documentary, 2003
72 mins. (Beta)

One of the most famous and controversial explorer/anthropologists of the early 20th century, Vilhjalmur Stefansson is best known for "discovering" the "Blond Eskimo" of the Central Arctic in 1910. He was one of the first anthropologists to adopt the Inuit lifestyle, living off the land. This documentary includes the fresh perspective of Stefansson's forgotten Inuit children and incorporates extraordinary archival footage, photographs, as well as his private letters and diaries.