VISIONS OF THE NORTH

Dr. Elisha Kent Kane, the intrepid American Arctic explorer, enjoyed tremendous fame in his day; he was celebrated in moving panoramas , ...

With the news that this year's Parks Canada archaeological work will include both water and land searches, and that the land search w...

As is well-known, HMSS "Erebus" and "Terror" were both outfitted with ex-railway engines connected to screw propellor...

The writer of the so-called " Peglar Papers " -- a cache of personal documents and letters found with the remains of o...

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...