VISIONS OF THE NORTH

In the annals of Arctic newspapers, the Polar Almanac holds pride of place: it was actually printed using movable type and a press aboa...

Among the more unusual papers printed by Arctic explorers is the Arctic Moon , published at Fort Conger by members of the Greely Expedit...

The subject of shipboard newspapers in the Arctic is a large one, dating back to William Edward Parry's sojourn at Winter Harbor on M...

With the great interest in my earlier post about the best books with which to launch one's armchair expedition in search of Franklin...

A quiet landmark passed by on this blog a few moments ago ... our 100,000th unique page view.  It's wonderful to think of that many v...

Along with the latest technology, the Franklin expedition took the latest maps, specially engraved for the Lords of the Admiralty by the ...

Many people have taken issue with the inscription on the Franklin statue in Waterloo Place, which awards Sir John and his men credit for ...

Recently, the question of in how Dr. John Rae's charting of the strait that bears his name contributed to the tracing of a Northwest ...

Peter Carney and others have brought up the question of the well-known "Black Men" story reported to Charles Francis Hall.  O...

So here we go again: Yet another Parks Canada search for the remains of Sir John Franklin's ships, the "Erebus" and "T...

The American artist  William Bradford  chartered annual excursions for photography and ice-painting nearly every year from 1861 to 1867. ...