Stefansson

Roosevelt approved $15,000 for a confidential geographic study Donovan wanted Arctic expert Vilhjalmur Stefansson to prepare on Alaska, northern Canada, Greenland, and Iceland, where the United States might have to fight Germany or Japan.

Wild Bill Donovan Douglas Waller 2011

Roosevelt approved $15,000 for a confidential geographic study Donovan wanted Arctic expert Vilhjalmur Stefansson to prepare on Alaska, northern Canada, Greenland, and Iceland, where the United States might have to fight Germany or Japan.

Wild Bill Donovan Douglas Waller 2011

Mr. Stefansson said every time he left his hotel room, a man was standing nearby—nervously rattling his key as if to enter another room.

White City Rocks, Rolls from Almaty to Lahore Maria Abi-Habib 2011

"No!" interrupted Andreas Stefansson , the 39-year-old drummer and program director for the Swedish Committee for Afghanistan.

White City Rocks, Rolls from Almaty to Lahore Maria Abi-Habib 2011

Mr. Beard and Mr. Stefansson bought the Cheburashka, a popular Soviet cartoon character from the 1960s, to cheer up Ms. Owen after she broke her foot preparing for a gig in Tajikistan in April.

White City Rocks, Rolls from Almaty to Lahore Maria Abi-Habib 2011

The result, published in a prestigious scientific journal,18 demonstrated that Stefansson remained well and physically capable while consuming a diet of more than 80 percent animal fat and about 15 percent protein.

THE NEW ATKINS FOR A NEW YOU Dr. Eric C. Westman 2010

The explorer whose experience living as a hunter was the most carefully documented was the controversial anthropologist Vilhjalmur Stefansson.

THE NEW ATKINS FOR A NEW YOU Dr. Eric C. Westman 2010

Also of note: Rae, Boone, and Stefansson all lived into their eighties, despite eating mostly meat and fat for years.

THE NEW ATKINS FOR A NEW YOU Dr. Eric C. Westman 2010

There were only two subjects -- Stefansson and a fellow explorer -- and they ate nothing but meat and fat for a year, which translated to 2600 calories a day of a very high fat, very high protein and very low carb (one to two percent from glycogen, unavoidable because it is stored in the livers and muscles of animals) diet.

Susan Yager: Why the New Atkins Diet Won't Work Any Better Than the Old One 2010

Stefansson became the muse of scientists exploring ways to lose weight, and the two-man study led to numerous high fat, top of the food chain plans.

Susan Yager: Why the New Atkins Diet Won't Work Any Better Than the Old One 2010