VISIONS OF THE NORTH

Louie at Victory Point at the 150th anniversary of Crozier's Landing in 1998 In all the recent history of the revival of interest i...

(Photo courtesy Logan Zachary) In a sad side-note to the story of Franklin searches in the twentieth century, a significant number of a...

It often seems to be part of the story, and the saddest by far, when a famed explorer suffers an ignominious end: James Weddell (he of th...

Courtesy Canadian Museum of History Next Thursday evening, March 1st, the exhibition "Death in the Ice" will finally open in ...

Image courtesy Stephen J. Trafton Long before Owen Beattie's taking up the Franklin cause, before David C. Woodman's searches o...

As historian Kenn Harper has noted on many occasions, the strong bonds of friendship that tied Charles Francis Hall’s Inuit guides and tr...

Not a man with long teeth The question of whether there may or may not be human remains aboard either HMS "Erebus" or "T...

In just a few days, on November 29th, I'll be delivering a lecture, " Making Marks: Officers' Crests and Sailors' Scratc...

The image at left, recently released by Parks Canada, is captioned "Anchors still in their sailing position on the port stern quarte...

Courtesy Royal Canadian Regiment Museum at Wolseley Barracks, London ON Although it was conduced by the famed Royal Canadian Regiment, ...

Approximate sites of Erebus and Terror With a dramatic announcement, British Defence Minister Sir Michael Fallon declared that Sir John...