VISIONS OF THE NORTH

The Terrors of the Frozen Zone, Past and Present

About Me

Russell Potter: Russell Potter is Professor of English at Rhode Island College. He speciality is the history of polar exploration (Arctic Spectacles, 2007), with a focus on the the lost 1845 Arctic expedition of Sir John Franklin; his 2016 book, Finding Franklin: The Untold Story of a 165-Year Search,details the long search for evidence of the expedition. In 2022, along with Peter Carney, Regina Koellner, and Mary Williamson, he has edited a volume containing all the known letters to and from Franklin's men: May We Be Spared to Meet on Earth: Letters of the Lost Franklin Arctic Expedition; the publisher is McGill-Queen's University Press.