VISIONS OF THE NORTH

It's probably the best-known symbol of the failure of the Franklin expedition -- the whaleboat, loaded with all manner of material th...

I've written before about the marvelous creations of graphic artist Ron Toelke -- his miniature can of Goldner's Ox-Cheek soup , ...

There's been plenty of speculation -- and disagreement -- over the possible role of internecine conflict among Inuit bands in the fat...

In the wake of the disappointing results of this year's Park's Canada search for traces of Sir John Franklin's lost Arctic e...

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...