VISIONS OF THE NORTH

It's been a long, long time since anyone last heard anything from -- or of -- James Fitzjames. His last known letter was to Edward Sabin...

Thanks to the indefatigable researches of Michael Tracy, we at last have several additional tantalizing bits of information about the medica...

The essential details of the life of Solomon Tozer, a sergeant in the Royal Marines assigned to HMS Terror , are well-known, and have been d...

Marc-André Bernier examines the seaman's chest The news is in: Parks Canada has just made its first official release of results from th...

At this time of year, many of us are seeking a bit of Christmas past by revisiting Charles Dickens's "A Christmas Carol." ...

One of the questions about the Daguerreotypes by Beard that were auctioned off last week at Sotheby's has been whether or not Beard'...

Guest post by Frank Michael Schuster The month of May 1845, when Sir John Franklin's expedition set sail started out as a cold and unfri...

Courtesy of Sotheby's Sometimes, historical artifacts can be doubly lost -- lost in the sense that their present location is unknown, bu...

Charles Dagneau opening a drawer of relics for myself and Mary Williamson   Of course, throughout the tour all of us felt immensely excited ...

Charles Dagneau, Cindy Lee Scott, and Jonathan Moore Our tour now commenced in earnest. One of the first staff members we met was Cindy Lee ...

In a city filled with government buildings, this one doesn't stand out all that much, not from outside. Among other things, it contains ...