VISIONS OF THE NORTH

Detail of map by Heinrich Klutschak It was one of the more poignant finds of the expedition led by Frederick Schwatka from 1878 ti 1880...

L-R Michael Palin, Gavin Fitch, and John Geiger at medal presentation (Credit: Credit Ben Powless/Canadian Geographic) Last week, I ...

Courtesy Glenbow Museum Just in the wake of this year's round of dives by Parks Canada's underwater archaeologists, here's ...

Images © Parks Canada It had the makings of an ideal search season: the RV  David Thompson  was renovated and raring to go; the dedicat...

Image courtesy Parks Canada It's already been a remarkable year on land, what with two search expeditions -- that of Adventure Scie...

Ice in Resolute Bay 2018 will go down as a rough year for ice in the eastern Canadian Arcric, particularly along the classic route of ...

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...