VISIONS OF THE NORTH

Longtime readers of this blog know that I rarely editorialize -- I know that those with an interest in the history of polar exploration come...

To the annals of dramas inspired by the plight of Sir John Franklin's men in the last stages of their fatal Arctic expedition -- a noble...

Following our notice of NIMROD, there's one other annual publication that's often a treasure trove for Franklinites and other Arctic...

Although I wasn't able to attend the Shackleton Autumn School in Athy, this past October, I'm delighted to report that the latest is...

On Monday, 17th January, the Victorian-era splendor of the Durning Library will host a talk by William Battersby on the life and career of ...

A few months ago, in one of my installments on Franklin Curiosities, I mentioned the small toy replica tins of Goldner's Patent Provisi...

Canada's Science and Technology Museum is hosting an exhibition, "Echoes in the Ice: History, Mystery, and Frozen Corpses," w...

News that the box unearthed from under the Gibson memorial in Gjoa Haven did not contain any Franklin records came as no surprise to those ...

After a good deal of jiggering around with the route-tracing page on Bear Grylls' site, I managed to get a close-up view of his journey ...

In a story first noted on William Battersby's blog , adventurer and television presenter "Bear" Grylls has claimed a new Frank...

This is a guest column written by Kenn Harper at the invitation of Russell Potter. Tomorrow Walter Porter, an Inuk in Gjoa Haven, Nunavut, p...