VISIONS OF THE NORTH

As some have pointed out, there is of course one other unquestionably authentic photograph of Charles Francis Hall -- the one taken at hi...

Among his other peculiar qualities, the Arctic explorer Charles Francis Hall has always been "monophotographic"-- that is, a ma...

The original Franklin record left near "Victory Point" on King William Island in 1848 is quite well-known, and has been discuss...

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,...