VISIONS OF THE NORTH

Inspired by a recent post on Andrés Paredes Salvador's blog on the strange tale of a balloon found in an English Garden , I've be...

Those who have, over the years, expressed strong skepticism over the possibility of members of the Franklin expedition indulging in canni...

This Friday, April 26th, at the New Bedford Whaling Museum , a new exhibition of Arctic art and imagery unlike any other has its opening ...

When I went up to Nunavut to participate in the ITN/NOVA program "Arctic Passage," the only other specialist the producers br...

From the first moment his ships were missed, the lost expedition of Sir John Franklin has fired the imagination of poets, dramatists, and (...

If you're in the greater Boston area this Friday, why not join the members of the New England branch of the Explorer's Club and c...

When it comes to newspapers printed with moveable type on board Arctic vessels, the least well-known of all is surely The Discovery News ...

A few weeks ago, news broke of a WWII-era carrier pigeon, whose bones were recently  found in a chimney in Surrey . And, more remarkably,...

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...