tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3873756940955163469.post2033378743490735529..comments2024-03-18T18:05:25.821-07:00Comments on VISIONS OF THE NORTH: Southward, Ho!Russell Potterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11023313195827310776noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3873756940955163469.post-26337904691573236652019-09-09T14:10:06.077-07:002019-09-09T14:10:06.077-07:00"....but we did manage to follow his original..."....but we did manage to follow his original route through Peel Sound, which was a treat." <br /><br />Even with all of our modern maritime technology and the modest arctic warming underway, it still staggers me to appreciate that voyages like yours down Peel Sound/Victoria Strait are now possible, in a waterway which in Franklin's day was simply impossible at least four years out of five, and lethal to attempt in the fifth.<br /><br />Looking forward to the highlights of your tour.Athelstanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07346012062816580296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3873756940955163469.post-80648478316463001052019-09-07T10:12:31.792-07:002019-09-07T10:12:31.792-07:00I'm on my flight home so don't have access...I'm on my flight home so don't have access to my books, but I'm fairly sure Collinson didn't head up that way. However, his wintering site aboard HMS Enterprise was very near the modern hamlet of Cambridge Bay.Russell Potterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11023313195827310776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3873756940955163469.post-60170842458494201172019-09-07T06:11:01.461-07:002019-09-07T06:11:01.461-07:00Could it be possible that the area where Ulukhakto...Could it be possible that the area where Ulukhaktok is today was visited by Collinson in his search for Franklin? Soloman Grundyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06972686779984782545noreply@blogger.com