The approach which they took was to re-issue the book five years later, and to include some of the critical response to the thesis of cultural fusion as a forward to the text. More recently, there has been a re-examination of Oleson's work and treatment of his sources, and a more favourable view of his position has sometimes been stated. Death Oleson died in 1963, shortly after Early Voyages and Northern Approaches was published. Publications Dictionary of Canadian Biography, Volume I (numerous entries): Introductory Essay: The Northern Approaches to Canada [in collaboration with W. L. Morton]; Bjarni Herjólfsson; Saint Brendan; John Cunningham; Eirikr (Eric) upsi Gnupsson; Eirikr Thorvaldsson (Eric the Red); Leifr heppni Eiriksson (Leif the Lucky); Nicholas of Lynne; Snorri Thorfinnsson; Thorfinnr karlsefni Thordarson; Nicolò and Antonio Zeno. Early Voyages and Northern Approaches, Volume 1 of the Canadian Centenary Series (Toronto: McClelland and Stewart Ltd., 1963; re-issued with additional material, 1968). The Norsemen in America (Ottawa: Canadian Historical Association, 1963) (CHA Historical Booklet No. 14). Saga Islendinga i Vesturheimi (History of the Icelanders in the Western Hemisphere), volumes 4 and 5 (Reykjavik, 1955-1953). References 1912 births 1963 deaths People from Westman Region, Manitoba 20th-century Canadian historians University of Manitoba alumni University of Toronto alumni Canadian people of Icelandic descent