VISIONS OF THE NORTH

The photo at left was taken on the broad, sloping plateau above Fury Beach -- and yes, of course, it's part of a seal's skeleton,...

View of Resolute Bay from the South Camp Inn (2004) It's been thirteen years since I was last in the Arctic -- in person -- though ...

News this morning has emerged that an Arctic Medal, in the possession of the Stromness Museum in Orkney, has been identified as Sir John ...

Some one hundred and fifty-eight years ago, the British public were drawn with awe and reverence -- along with not a little idle curiosit...

James Fairholme's Two Portraits (the new one at the CMH is on the right) With the announcement, via its blog, of the acquisition of...

Parks Canada's Marc-André Bernier (photo by R. Tacichman) Yesterday was a real treat for those attending this year's meeting ...

In front of the Hall of Clestrain (with thanks to Regina Koellner for the great photo!) This weekend, I've had the opportunity to v...

This evening, I'll be on a series of flights that will take me to Kirkwall in Scotland's Orkney Islands, where I'll be among ...

Photo used with the permission of Jersey Heritage Regular readers of Visions of the North will recall my older posts about the silver ...

Human jaw from NgLj-2 (courtesy Margaret Bertulli) It's perhaps not unexpected that, just as news stories about the machinations ov...

Thanks to the diligent detective work of Steve Ducharme of the Nunatsiaq News , we now know a good deal more about the Franklin search...