A land may be said to be discovered the first time a European, presumably an Englishman, sets foot on it.

- Vilhjalmur Stefansson

What is the difference between unethical and ethical advertising? Unethical advertising uses falsehoods to deceive the public; ethical advertising us…

- Vilhjalmur Stefansson

The philosophers of the Middle Ages demonstrated both that the Earth did not exist and also that it was flat. Today they are still arguing about whet…

- Vilhjalmur Stefansson

Adventure is a sign of incompetence.

- Vilhjalmur Stefansson

The most striking contradiction of our civilization is the fundamental reverence for truth which we profess and the thorough-going disregard for it w…

- Vilhjalmur Stefansson

False modesty is better than none.

- Vilhjalmur Stefansson

Having an adventure shows that someone is incompetent, that something has gone wrong. An adventure is interesting enough - in retrospect. Especially …

- Vilhjalmur Stefansson

There are two kinds of Arctic problems, the imaginary and the real. Of the two, the imaginary are the most real.

- Vilhjalmur Stefansson