VISIONS OF THE NORTH

John Ross's chart of the Croker Mountains Just two hundred years ago today, on August 31st 1818, John Ross -- in command of the Isa...

Tin of Ox Cheek Soup (Photo by Jeff Dickie) It's one of the first things that many people still ask about the demise of the Frankli...

James Qitsualik with elders, Guardians  (photo courtesy Barbara Okpik/Parks Canada) When I first heard the news of the death of my frie...

Moravian Mission House, Hopedale Labrador Two of the most remarkable places I've visited in the north are bound together both wit...

View of Croker Glacier, Devon Island It's been, as ever, a voyage filled with surprises -- followed by a long series of airplane fl...

Drawing by Danny Aaluk for Louie Kamookak For some, it's even more of an 'Arctic Grail' than Franklin's ships, and with...

Many of those who  watched the final episode of AMC's "The Terror" were puzzled -- or horrified -- by the scene in which ...

Nive Nielsen and Johnny Issaluk on set One of the best things about AMC's "The Terror" is that, unlike many other film an...

It's been a long road since that day, on February 20th of 2009 , when I first launched this Visions of the North blog. So much has ha...

Inspired by the current AMC television series "The Terror," based on Dan Simmons' novel of the same name, many viewers have b...

The "roundel" from Peglar's Papers As imagined by AMC's writers, and vividly brought to life by Kevin Guthrie, Harry ...