VISIONS OF THE NORTH

The "Erebus Chalice" at the Chapel of the Snows In celebration of Sir Michael Palin's knighthood in this year's New Y...

Courtesy of Mary Williamson & Rosalind Rawnsley It was truly the end of an era. Having stepped into the public eye to champion ever...

Pam Gross at Tookoolito's Grave I've just come back from the magnificent opening weekend of Mystic Seaport Museum's "...

Inkstand from HMS "Resolute," courtesy Mystic Seaport Musem It's been a long voyage. "Death in the Ice," which ...

Skeletal remains uncovered by the 1RCR in 1973 The question of the dispersal of the Franklin expedition over land has always been a dif...

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 ...