1941 Vilhjalmur Stefansson Signed Message Memo Sheet Autographed Arctic Explorer1941 Vilhjalmur Stefansson Signed Message Memo Sheet Autographed Arctic Explorer Vilhjlmur Stefnsson ( November 3, 1879 August 26, 1962 ) was an explorer and anthropologist of Icelandic descent. Born in Gimli , Manitoba, Canada , he studied in North Dakota and Iowa and graduated from Harvard University with a degree in anthropology , where he also taught for a while Dated 1941, signed note reads "Not being a movie star I have no photographs to send